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.4AThe Daily Tar HeelThursday, August 30, 1990 No More Craimnirsg, I Your professors have told you time and time again. Don't wait till the last trrdnute and end up cramming. Thafs no way to get through school. : And certainly no way to get to school. So make a resolution not to do it tfcic war fliup Mom's station wa?on a break and pack only the essentials (like a new wardrobe). And let Cort Furniture Rental handle everything else. Like runusning your nome away rrom nume m jui we oiyu: ;uu nam. And adding all those extra touches that make getting through each semester easier. Like: TV and VCR rentals Microwaves and other kitchen necessities Bedroom and bathroom linens 5 Quick delivery and set-up K Flexible leases t Helpful student specials Our brand-name furniture may look expensive, but you'll be glad to ?3earn that our pricing is a slide. In fact, right now we have discounts on limited quantities of furniture, and even more discounted items in Corf s r Clearance Center. t'X So buckle down now and give Cort a call. Next spring, when finals are v'pver and you're heading to the beach instead of riding back home with Dad CJn the U-Haul, you'll thank us. ;.n.i. BUWh Chit Clearance Center 1820 New Hope Church Rd. I (.,-Renlal Showroom ,5400 Chapel Hill Blvd. Raleigh Rental Showroom 1820 New Hope Church Rd. I"-.rJurham,NC -493-2563 $ In Chapel Hill Call 929-5075 Raleigh, NC 876-7550 Raleigh, NC 876-7550 CORT FURNITURE RENTAL Suddenly, WeTl Make Your Place A Home UNC construction to remain prominent By SHANNON 0'GRADY Staff Writer Orange cones, portable bathrooms, piles of brick, large machinery and construction workers will remain a fa miliar sight on campus this year, ac cording to the latest report from Ed Willis, Director of Construction Ad ministration. Willis said several sites, including the new Alumni Center and Craige Parking Deck, are well underway while the Student Recreation Center and the new business school are still in the planning stages. The George Watts Hill Alumni Center, located on Stadium Drive next to Kenan Stadium, is scheduled for completion next fall, Willis said. "We're still looking for November 1991, but we'd better say early 1992." Willis at tributed the delay to some minor changes in the floor plan of the building. In conjunction with the Alumni Center construction site, Stadium Drive is tentatively scheduled to be closed to through traffic Sept. 4-5, but it is subject to change, Willis said. "Stadium Drive will be closed for steel delivery to the site, and that will depend on the manu facturer." The parking spaces in front of Teague Residence Hall will be blocked off during the closing of Stadium Drive to give trucks room to drive into the site, said Robert Beke, construction manager. Stadium Drive will be closed one more time because of Alumni Center construction, Willis said. But the next closing is not scheduled until the sum mer of 1991, when a steam line will be run from Teague Residence Hall to the site, he said. Overall, Willis said the work on the Alumni Center was going well. "It is moving along adequately ."The project is still running on budget, Willis said. A Board of Trustees project status f9rfontaf fTkCHENESE & THAI :s04ini m mmn vCHMESE & i I v few CUISINE v a -til fifrSi h m report Friday listed the total cost as $ 1 2 million. South of the Alumni Center, con struction on the Craige Parking Deck is in progress. The parking deck is scheduled for completion by August 1991, Willis said. "We hope it will be ready for the beginning of school next year," he said. "We're a little behind schedule because we encountered more rock than expected." No modifications have been made on the original plans for the parking deck, Willis said. It is designed to accom modate 1 ,500 cars. Craige Parking Deck is also running on budget, Willis said. The cost for the deck, according to the BOT report, is about $12 million. Among the projects still in the plan ning stage is the SRC. The design for the center has been approved by the Board of Trustees, and planning is in progress, said Theresa Crosslands, consulting architect. The SRC will be located next to Fetzer Gymnasium in the courtyard. "There was a lot of concern among faculty and students about that location," Crosslands said, "but everyone seems to be convinced now." The new facility will contain aerobic areas and weight rooms for student us age. There have been no changes in the design since its approval this summer, Crosslands said. The project is being prepared for contract bidding, which is scheduled for mid-January, Crosslands said. "We are just now starting the construction b ' "I 1 i - cations. 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Crosslands said. The cost of the SRC is almost $5 million, the architect said. The building itself comes in at a cost of $3.5 million with equipment registering at nearly $1.5 million. A new business school building is also being planned. The school will be located on South Campus near the Kenan Center, said Gordon Rutherford, director of facility planning and design. A design has not yet been finalized for the building, Rutherford said. "We've barely begun to work on the design," he said. "The architect is due to come back in the near future with some preliminary plans." The estimated cost for the project is $25 million, Rutherford said. "In the budget envisioned at the present time, approximately $15 million of the cost will be general fund appropriation and about $10 million will come from pri vate sources." Rutherford said some of the money for the project was coming from the Kenan Charitable Trust. "The Kenan people are putting in a significant amount of money, but it is also coming from other sources." 7 dorms to get influx of cool air By SHANNON 0'GRADY Staff Writer Seven residence halls on North; Campus will be equipped with air con ditioning as early as this spring, said; Edward Willis, Director of Construction; Administration. j Everett, Grimes, Lewis, Mangum,; Manly, Ruffin and Stacy residence halls; will all be connected to the chilled water system responsible for the cooling of more than 70 campus buildings, Willis; said. "When the connection is complete,; those dorms will have air conditioning." The majority of the work on this project was done over the summer, Willis said. "Excavation was done the weekend of August 1 1 and 12 before the students got back, because the work was in the Pit area right by that big painted sign (the Cube)." Construction was planned to present as little inconv venience as possible to students who enjoy spending time in the Pit, he said; The area where work is now taking place, between Davis Library and the Student Union on Raleigh Street, should be cleared by the end of September; Willis said. Once the pipes are connected from the east and west sides of the Pit, cor-, rections and adjustments will be made" in the individual residence halls, Willis said. "The inner plumbing was done when we renovated those dorms over the last three years." The plumbing of Ruffin Residence Hall was not affected by the fire in that dorm last year, Willis said. "Of course there was smoke damage, but there wa' no significant damage to the building facility itself." Ruffin will be hooked up to the chilled water system at the same; time as the other residence halls. ; Students will be able to regulate the temperature in their rooms, said Harold Hensen, assistant director of housing for facilities planning. "Each room now; has a fan coil that we're using for heat,"; he said. "The same units for heating will ; be used for cooling, so yes, there are individual controls in the room." North Campus students said they; were excited about having air condi-; tioning. "I think it will be a lot more comfortable to study," said sophomore; Beth Saunders of Raleigh. Sophomore Ronda Schrimper of Raleigh agreed. "I will study so much better," she said. "My attention span would be longer if I; weren't so uncomfortable." Ryan Lee Overton, a sophomore from Hertford, was more concerned about sleeping than studying. "You could actually get some sleep around here if we had air conditioning," he said. ; The connection of the air condition--ing will not change the room rates, said Larry Hicks, associate director for business affairs. New rates were estab-; lished last spring to cover the cost of the; renovations and the installation of air conditioning, he said. Residents of Olde Campus fall in; one of two rate categories, Hicks said.; Group One includes rooms which have not been renovated andor have no air; conditioning, he said. Rooms in Group Two have been renovated andor have' air conditioning. "All of Olde Campus,? except for Graham, is in group number? two," Hicks said. The new chilled water system will,' eventually offer service to other campus ! buildings in the area, Willis said.5 "Graham and Aycock (residence halls)! will be connected (to the central system) ', when they are renovated." Renovations! in Graham Residence Hall have been! delayed until 1993. ' 4 . i i
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