Spring Break
Renovation projects begin
Joshua Ayers
Issue date: 2/9/05 Section: News
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The board has held two of a series of meetings that will prioritize the sequencing of projects around campus. Another preliminary meeting will be held on Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. to organize project data and input from faculty to determine where projects funds need to be directed.
Vice President of Students Ken Meier said that the No. 1 priority at this point is vertical access compliance.
Vertical access refers to how the campus handles proper facilities, such as elevators and wheelchair ramps that are addressed in the American Disabilities Act.
"Those are issues that have to be addressed no matter how expensive they are," said Meier.
Herb Siegers, the MAAS Co. project manager at the BC campus said that the district will be evaluating the full-time.estimated.students at all district campuses to see which programs and areas of campus have a large enrollment of students. From the data gathered at that point, the Kern Community College District can determine what changes will need to be taken on each campus, he said.
The purpose of the sequencing is to appropriate necessary "swing space" that is available during renovations. Swing space refers to the amount of space available for employees who will have to move out of a building temporarily while it is being modernized. Siegers said that if the strategy of the sequencing can be arranged so that employees have a place to go while their building undergoes construction that it will spare the district the cost of renting portable office buildings to accommodate staff. The district office has already temporarily relocated to a location on California Avenue, and some employees have been relocated to portables on the BC campus.
Construction has already started on the Applied Science and Technology building at BC. The $135,000 roof for the facility was completed in time for the winter and spring rains.