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University Daily Kansan / Monday, September 23, 1991
Regents request lightning protection
Lightning is a very real threat to Watson Library, because the building and its $48 million contents in notices are protected by a lightning rod. The Board of Regents has requested that its universities install lightning rods on all libraries. The project could cost $15,000 to $30,000 for Watson alone.
Watson Library has top priority for new rods
By Jennifer Bach Kansan staff writer
Lightning never strikes twice, or so they sav.
But since lightning struck Hoch Auditorium June 15, some KU officials are concerned that it may strike again.
On Thursday, the Board of Regents decided to ask each of the Regents schools to reallocate some of their funds for repairs and improvements on buildings, including the installation of lightning rods on all libraries.
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, said he estimated that the project would cost from $15,000 to $30,000 for Watson Library alone. To do this, other repairs would have to be put on hold, he said.
"I think it was a suggestion," Shankel said referring to the Regents decision. "But it was the kind of suggestion I'm sure we'll follow."
Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations, said facilities operations was planning to address system vulnerabilities, and were not protected against lightning.
However, the process could take at least five years to complete, he said.
Out of 65 academic buildings on campus, only 13 have lightning rods. Onto those the rods are not in good condition to a list drafted by Richardson.
"We'll go through the list of buildings and try to prioritize which ones are the ones that most need lightning protection, a address so many buildings each year."
Facilities operations is allotted $2 million a year for maintenance.
"All things are competing for the same dollar," he said. "This $2 million also includes lighting, remodeling for the handicapped and new roofing."
divided among many needs aside from lightning protection,
The price for installing lightning protection systems could be about $3,000.
However, the price would vary depending on the size of the building.
Although the Hoch fire worried many administrators about other unprotected buildings, Richardson said lightning had struck some of these buildings in the past without causing any damage.
"Sometimes it does damage and sometimes it doesn't," he said. "There are lots of things that cause damage."
Regardless of degrees of lightning, some of the buildings on the Hill, such as Watson Library, are too valuable to lose, he said.
Caroline Flory, property accountant of purchasing, said the amount of books and other information stored in Watson totaled more than $48 million.
That figure does not include the books' appreciated value, electrical equipment or repairs made to the building.
Since 1922, Watson library has been the home of thousands of irreplaceable books, said William Crowe, dean of libraries.
Books, unlike electrical equipment,
appreciate in value as they age.
Crowne, who has been at KU for 13
months, said that in that short time,
he was able to work on the job.
"When Hoch burned I stood there and watched it, he said. "I was standing next to an administrator, and I asked him if Watson had lightning rods. If not, I asked him what we had to do to get them."
Crowed he said he could not imagine that Watson was not at the top of everyone's list in installing lightning rods.
"The University could not function without a major library," he said. "You could not teach or do any major research without it.
Buildings with lightning protection systems:
Is KU lightning proof?
Buildings with lightning prot
Allen Field House
Anschutz Science Library
Art and Design Building
Bailey Hall
Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Dole Human Development
Center
Buildings without protection:
- Adams Alumni Center
- Anschutz Sports Pavilion
- Baehr Audio-Reader Center
- Bailey Annex
- Blake Hall
- Blake Annex
- Burt Hall
- Computer Services Facility
- Continuing Education Building
- Danforth Chapel
- Dyche Hall
- Foley Hall
- Green Hall
- Haworth Hall (original portion)
- Jolliffe Hall
- Broadcast Hall (KANU)
- Kurata Laboratory
- Learned Hall
- Lindley Hall
- Lindley Annex
- Lippincott Hall
- Marvin Hall
- McCollum Residence Hall
- Military Science Building
on systems:
■ Stauffer-Flint Hall
■ Fraser Hall
■ Hambleton Hall
■ Haworth Hall (new addition)
■ Malott Hall
■ Snow Hall
■ Summerfield Hall
Military Science Annex
Source: Mike Richardson. KU Facilities and Operations
Moore Hall
Murphy Hall
Parker Hall
Parrott Athletic Center
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lab
Printing Service
Robinson Center
Shenk Complex restrooms
Smissman Research Labs
Spahr Library
Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Research Library
Spooner Hall
Strong Hall
Sudler House
Sudler Annex (KJHK)
Twente Hall
Watkins Home
Watkins Student Health Center
Watson Library
Wescoe Hall
Wesley Building
Youngberg Hall
Crowse said he realized that facilities operations was trying to accomplish as much as possible with limited resources.
"Almost all of the books in Watson could not be replaced," he said. "So they had to be taken."
"By and large, I think the staff here does a tremendous job of keeping
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buildings clean and maintaining them," he said.
The decision of which repairs should be done first depends on which need is most urgent or important.
"Hopefully, the lightning strike at Hoch will definitely move lightning protection up to the top of the list," Crowsaid.
Hoch renovation reviewed; committee assesses building's future
By Alexander Bloemhof
Kansan staff writer
The committee is reviewing a 1987 renovation plan for the auditorium and will make changes that have become necessary since the death of Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor.
The only work being done on Hoch Auditorium is being done in committees and offices, not at the site of the ruins that remain from a June 15 fire.
Appointed last month, the Hoch Auditorium Renovation Committee is outlining the func- tional plan.
"We plan to submit the revised plan to the Board of Regents at their October meeting," said Shankel, who helped form the committee.
William Crowe, dean of libraries and committee co-chairperson, said the committee was reviewing the 1987 document quickly.
"This really isn't a committee that started from scratch," Crowe said. "We are dealing with a document that was already existing. We're just bringing up to date."
"We tend to talk about functional usage and the importance of security," he said. "But the details are worked out by facilities planning." He would not work out the details.
Crowe said the committee was working on a general narrative description of Hoch's function in the organization.
He said that a large lecture hall was a centerpiece of the pian. It also will provide for class-
room, library and office space, and room for
parties.
Crowe said the committee's make-up ensured that concerns of all groups on campus would be addressed. The committee includes faculty, staff, students and administrators.
"We're there to represent the University community from different perspectives to help the administration make decisions." he said.
Richard Givens, chairperson of chemistry and a committee member, said the plan first would have to be approved by the University administration, then by the Board of Regents and finally by the Legislature.
He said he expected the process to be long.
"I would be optimistic to think that there'll be a building in place by 1995 or 1996. "Gives us said.
"We'll be clearing out the debris and stabilizing the walls that will remain." Wheedt said.
Allen Wiechert, University director of facilities planning, said that cleanup work on the ruins of Hoch would continue in the meantime.
Jim Modig, campus director of facilities planning, said work should begin as soon as possible because freezing temperatures could further damage the building.
"The stone walls on the front appear to be in excellent shape, so they would be worth keep- ing."
However, the work is on hold until the money intended for the cleanup becomes available.
Modig said the $292,00 originally allocated for reoofing Hoch was the only money available for the cleanup.
But those funds are frozen until a contract with the company that was hired for the reroofing is canceled.
Mike Greenamyre, owner of American Roofing Inc., said he billed the state for work done before the fire. After he has been paid, the rest of the $292,000 will be free.
"They could get their hands on a quarter million dollars real fast," Greenamyre said. "They just have to give me a phone call."
However, Modig said the state first had to review Greenamyre's claim to determine whether parts of it were covered by insurance. "We are ready to go," Modig said. "But we have to until the review is finished."
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