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Throughout MTSU's summer sessions, some underground plumbing and electrical construction may affect student's pathways across campus.
According to Tom Tozer, director of News and Public Affairs, there are no planned road blockages on campus this summer, but some equipment such as bulldozers, tow-trucks and safety-fencing will be around. He added these may act as potential "hold-ups" for students moving through the area.
"Most of it is infrastructure work [that's] pretty invisible to the eye," Tozer said. "They're finishing the elevator systems in the Stark Agricultural Building and the fire-alarm systems in the Murphy Center."
Continuance of the underground electrical work at the James Union Building's parking lot next to the campus' Faulkinberry entrance is scheduled along with some sewer maintenance in the parking lot next to the James E. Walker Library.
Renovations are near completion in Jim Cummings Hall, which was closed this past school year, and are set to be finished this summer. Renovation on Corlew Hall is scheduled to start immediately after the construction in Cummings.
"They're basically going in to install new windows, new bathroom fixtures and the sprinkler systems they've been working on over several years.," Tozer said. "Corlew will probably be closed this next academic year, but will be finished by the next summer."
Tozer said the construction on Corlew will include McCallie Dining Hall as well. The Veteran's Memorial Wall near the dormitories will also be finished after the lettering is engraved.
According to Tozer, funding for the renovations comes from bonds and student fees. Federal funds will provide the extra revenue needed for the work on Cummings and Corlew.
"No new buildings will go up because of the recent budget situation," Tozer said.
Tozer said MTSU has contracted local firms around the Rutherford and Davidson county areas to take on these two campus construction projects.
"[The firms] specialize in different things," Tozer said. "The student body doesn't get involved in it very much." Scotty Williamson, a senior journalism major, said he hopes that construction at MTSU "doesn't turn into a headache."
"I'm taking a class in May," Williamson said. "[The construction] hopefully won't make it that hard for kids to get around, and it surely won't be as crowded with people during the summer."
For further information on campus construction, contact Campus Planning at 898-2411.
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