Packing up our offices and relocating our materials back home or to another location will be disruptive. Bernstein will teach spring semester classes, which start May 3, and said the administration needs to keep faculty informed of the new class locations. Extensive repairs will be done throughout the building, Doyle said, including mechanical work in the penthouse and interior work throughout the building. There will be significant improvement. The building will have work done in the mechanical room, receive a new air handling unit, have air ducts cleaned and all lighting and ceiling tiles will be replaced.
Students have some mixed reactions about the closing of the building.
I don't think the administration knows what they're doing. Doyle said the decision to close the building for the spring and summer came because it will be more cost and time effective to do repairs if there are not classes, faculty and staff in the building. The building will close because Doyle said both the construction manager and the insurance adjuster advised the University to close the building for repairs during the spring and summer. They said it would be more cost and time effective, not because of health concerns. The University hired Barton-Malow as construction manager on the project.