As the College prepares for Commencement, we are preparing for projects that may affect some of us returning to our campuses from time to time through the summer.

On May 31, the day after Memorial Day, we will begin another project to repair and maintain our main campus parking lots and roadways.  The project calls for milling and patching areas that have large areas of bad pavement, filling cracks and seal coating all of the parking lots and roadways.  We will also be striping parking spaces, cross walks and curbs.  After the patching portion of project is completed we intend to start sealing at the east side of the campus and work our way west to Shepherd Road.  The Contractor will provide traffic control and signage to provide access to all areas of the campus.

Another project, to replace an aging chiller in the Sangamon Hall physical plant, will also commence at this time.  This will require an interruption to our air conditioning for the week of May 23.  During that period we will be using outside air to mitigate the loss of conditioned air.  The new chiller will allow us to provide chilled water and air conditioning much more efficiently and economically than in the past.

As these projects near completion we will continue our ongoing efforts to replace the old carpet around the campus. In August we will replace the carpet in the Trutter Center with new carpet tiles.  During this period we ask, and are grateful for, your patience as we continue to maintain and upgrade our facilities.

Finally, but no less important than any of the above projects, we will also be replacing the HVAC system at our Litchfield Administration building and have begun working with our colleagues there to help mitigate the impact that project will have on their services and facilities.

If you would like to contact our office about any of these projects, I am available at 786-9605 or at hugh.garvey@llcc.edu

Thank you.
Hugh Garvey
Asst. VP Construction