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Rise in Tornadoes, Floods Poses Risk to Colleges
What if the sort of extreme weather that has left the University of Iowa inundated in floodwaters is not a freak event? What if it is a sign of things to come? (Photograph by AP Images)
Art & Architecture Renovations Near Completion at Yale U.
Paul Rudolph's 1963 Brutalist icon is getting a makeover, plus an addition by Charles Gwathmey.
Guest Blogger: Anne Stephenson
Even the greenest construction project increases a college’s carbon footprint.
Other News
Land-Rich Universities Weigh New Options for Real-Estate Development
Universities are taking advantage of new ways to develop their holdings through corporate partnerships, a new report says.
U. of Iowa Begins Mucking Out and Assessing the Damage
The university's insurer spent the weekend starting to assess the damage to the auditorium and 19 other flooded buildings.
U. of Iowa Flooding Takes Costly Toll in Research and Equipment
Parking lots are under water, some roads leading to the campus are closed, and the campus utility infrastructure is damaged.
New campus buildings
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A Green Building as a Billboard for Science
(A 2006 Chronicle video)
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Buildings & Grounds is written by Scott Carlson (left) and Lawrence Biemiller (right). Scott Carlson writes about architecture, facilties, energy, and sustainability, among other topics. Lawrence Biemiller writes about architecture and facilities and contributes to Notes from Academe. What's happening on your campus? Let us know.
Construction Inspection Is Called Inadequate at Arizona State
An article in The East Valley Tribune, a paper in Phoenix, says Arizona State University needs more construction inspectors to match its “blistering” rate of growth and building. The article opens with an anecdote about a steam relief discharge line, which should have been vented through a roof, placed five feet off the ground and aimed at a parking lot. A plumbing inspector sent an e-mail message about the hazard to construction inspectors at the university; they never saw it, the Tribune says.
Ryan Gabrielson, the reporter, says construction inspectors at the university work for the construction officials they are supposed to monitor. The university also has far fewer inspectors than other, smaller universities.
The story quotes Frank Gallagher, an inspector who had worked at the university for eight years but was fired recently. Mr. Gallagher tells the Tribune that he believes he was cut loose because he found violations among the companies working on campus.
Last year, Mr. Gallagher caught workers illegally dumping concrete and water used to wash their equipment into storm drains, according to the article. Days later,the workers were caught dumping paint into storm drains, even though a construction manager had said the violations had stopped.
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