Students will have to find a way around a large ditch that has been dug between the Culp Center and the Sherrod Library as workers replace a chill-water pipe servicing the library.
“There have been a number of breaks with the chill-water pipes and this is an effort to correct the problem,” said Bill Rasnick, associate vice president of the physical plant.
The project that was started on Oct. 1 is expected to continue for five weeks as the old PVC pipes are replaced with new steel ones.
The project is not one that is a stand-alone project, Rasnick said. It falls within the new library construction.
A chilled-water line is exactly what it sounds like, along with a hot-water pipe they carry the cold and hot water, respectively, from where they are cooled or heated to where they are needed.
The switch over from the old pipes to the new pipes is still three or four weeks away.
The library’s supply of potable water will not be lost during this replacement process.
During this time,however, it is slightly more difficult to get from the eastern side of campus to the Culp Center. Students temporarily do not have the benefit of the wide sidewalk leading into the lower northeastern entrance. The narrow path leading from the side of the library to the post office entrance of the Culp Center is still clear, and is the easiest way to enter that side of the center.
According to the physical plant’s web site, the project will be completed on Nov. 11, and cost $102,415.

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