Renovations relieve expanding departments
Dan Brunell Emerald
A painter puts the finishing touches on the Career Center in Hendricks Hail Wednesday.
Improvements vary from the installation of new carpets to high-speed Internet lines.
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■ Summer construction projects have upgraded classrooms,
computer labs, library space and office space for departments
By Kristy ftessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
When students are awav, the
maintenance crews play.
As students began to trickle off
campus in June, painters, carpet
layers and construction workers ar
rived to begin the laborious task of
renovating the campus.
The absence of students meant
classrooms and buildings were
more accessible for everything from
a coat of paint to a major renovation.
“Summer is when it gets really
busy for us,” said Mike Hanneson,
central shop supervisor with Facili
ty Services.
One of the more extensive proj
ects that Hanneson’s crew worked
on this summer was the remodel
ing of the Career Center on the sec
ond floor of Hendricks Hall.
“We have removed walls and
made narrow hallways open from
one side of the building to the oth
er,” said Larry Smith, Career Center
director. “There is also new carpet
ing, new paint and new furniture.”
Construction began in June and
should be completed in October.
In addition to making space in the
Career Center, the faculty hoped to
promote a sense of warmth and pro
fessionalism. The $300,000 project
was funded with student fees.
While the remodeling is not com
pleted, the Career Center is open.
Larger construction projects un
dertaken this summer include a $4
million renovation of the old Law
School building, Grayson Hall.
The 80,000-square-feet renova
tion resulted in more library space
and new classrooms, offices, com
puter labs, seminar rooms and im
proved existing classrooms.
Students aren’t the only benefac
tors of this summer’s renovation ef
forts. Departments are also expand
ing because of the construction.
With the history department,
Oregon Survey Research Laborato
ry, and the Social Science Instruc
tional Laboratory all moving out of
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall and
into the newly remodeled Grayson
Hall, more space was left for depart
ments remaining in the building.
“We received new office space
we badly needed,” said John Gage,
head of the English department.
“For the first time in many years, we
are able to bring all of our English
GTFs into [PLC], Before, they were
sharing office space off campus.”
Greta Pressman, campus rela
tions manager for Facilities Services
said the PLC renovation was a proj
ect that began on the ninth floor and
ended in the basement.
“About 120 offices received some
kind of upgrade,” Pressman said.
“The College of Arts and Sciences
met with everyone and reassigned
space.”
But there’s still work to do. Next
spring, the elevators in the PLC will
be completely renovated.
The final phase of the Student
Recreation Center program, a $2
million renovation project, was also
completed this month. The result is
a set of new covered tennis courts
behind MacArthur Court, in time
for fall term, said Drew Gilliland, fa
cility director of physical activities
and recreation services.
Blueprints for next summer’s
construction are already drawn; the
largest project is a 100,000-square
foot addition to Gilbert Hall.
The project budget is approxi
mately $30 to 40 million dollars,
much of which came from private
gifts.
“The key groups are administra
tion and University Planning,” said
Dale Morse, professor at the
Lundquist College df Business.
“And making a convincing argu
ment for the new space or remodel. ”
Construction for the addition to
Gilbert Hall is slated to begin no
sooner than June 2001.
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