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This is an artist's rendering of the future elevator shaft inside the EMU courtyard.
Access: Project takes six months
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mezzanine level, which will not
have a lobby, he said.
There are no wheelchair-acces
sible restrooms on the mezzanine
level, so the elevator project need
ed to include available ones. How
ever, the proposal uses the eleva
tor to get to the second-floor
restrooms, therefore new re
strooms do not need to be built,
Robertson said.
“If we did not make these acces
sible, it means someone has to go
outside the EMU to find an acces
sible restroom,” Robertson said.
Currently, a metal fire escape is oc
cupying the area where the elevator
will be. The fire escape is no longer
necessary and will be pulled off the
side of the building, Robertson said.
“We’re proposing a design that
takes some clues from the existing
building,” Robertson said. “We want
this to be unique in its own self. It’s
not part of the original building and
it’s not part of the 70s addition. ”
The new elevator addition will be
picking up some of the basic win
dow shapes as well as using new de
sign elements, Robertson said.
“This should be a compatible
addition,” he said.
As good as the elevator will be,
it will not, however, provide easy
access for people with disabilities
to the post office located in the
EMU facing 13th Avenue.
“I think the committee should add
a stop at the post office if at all feasi
ble,” said Hilary Gerdes, a counselor
for students with disabilities.
If future funding is available,
the landing could be enlarged and
the steps moved. This would
change the lower elevation of the
elevator, which is deeper than the
original project planned to go,
Robertson said.
“The post office has signed a
three-year contract and has just
opened up a huge center south of
us,” said Dusty Miller, EMU Direc
tor. “They made some indications
that they may not continue to sup
port.”
The University Planning Com
mittee agreed to present the exten
sion of the elevator shaft as an al
ternate bid item. It will be
exercised if funding is available,
Miller said.
“If we get the green light to go
ahead, we could be under con
struction by the first part of next
year,” Robertson said. “It should
take about six months to build.”
The majority of the elevator
tower will be external. Therefore,
many of the offices should face lit
tle interruption or internal alter
ation at all, he said.
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