We’d like to update you all on the projects around campus. The wet spring and early summer have obviously affected many of our projects. However, the roof replacement on Montgomery Hall has been completed and the masonry repair project is moving along nicely, albeit a week and a half behind. Our best efforts are to be out of the front of the buildings by the end of next week. We plan to finish the project on the east side of Menard.

We’ll begin work on the replacement of the Workforce Careers Center entry slabs today, to correct the deficiencies that caused the slabs to heave this past winter. We also have begun mobilizing for the removal of the exterior concrete stairs on the west side of Sangamon Hall. These will be replaced by metal stairs with open grated treads, safer and cleaner than the old stairs.

At the end of the month we will begin replacing the concrete in the “breezeway” between Sangamon Hall and Sangamon South. We will have that completed prior to start of classes.

The sidewalk lighting project will also be completed by then and we will soon bid a project that provides an accessible route to the Helen Hamilton area on the west side of Sangamon Hall.

Next week we begin two projects on and off campus. The parking lot at the Capital City Training Center will be repaired, resealed and striped and the north section of the Truck Driver Training lot will be removed, supplied with a de-watering system and replaced.

Finally, this fall we will replace the septic system at the Child Development Center.

We very much appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue to improve our facilities and environment. As always, please feel free to call with any questions or suggestions.

Thank you,
Hugh Garvey
AVP Construction, 786-9605