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Halbouty building to receive
$3.6 million renovation job
By CRAIG RENFRO
Stall Writer
| 'A $3.6 million renovation of the
Halbouty Geosciences Building is
scheduled to begin by the first of the
year, said Wesley Peel, vice chan
cellor for facilities planning and con
struction.
■phen completed, the building
will house the Center for Tectono-
physics, the geophysics and geoche
mist ry research and teaching labs
and the geology department head’s
office, said Christopher Mathewson,
director of the Center for Engi
neering Geosciences.
^Currently the building has an in
adequate layout for a modern col
lege of geosciences,” Mathewson
said.
Hfhe principle reasons for the ren
ovation are inadequate cooling and
heating, leaks in the walls anti roof
and rusty windows, Mathewson said.
Peel said, “Over the years, the wa
terproofing has deteriorated and
water has seeped through the walls.
The air conditioning system is in
horrible shape and the windows are
those old steel-case windows, and
they have warped to the point where
they won’t close. Replacement of the
windows will be a major im
provement.”
In addition to being electrically
re-wired, Peel said, new plumbing
facilities will be installed, a new heat
ing and cooling system added and a
new foam roof applied.
“We are bringing it up to date so
that it will be a more useful structu
re,” Peel said. “Structurally it’s
sound, but the walls and windows
are bad.”
Peel said the only parts of the
building that will be left untouched
will be the main lobby, which has
been recognized by the Texas His
torical Commission for its unique tile
design, some stained glass windows
and an auditorium on the first and
second floor.
“We are taking extra efforts to
preserve the historical parts of the
building,” said Facilities Planning
and Construction architect Joe Wil
liams.
The Texas A&M System Board of
Regents approved the contract bid
of Starstone Construction of Hous
ton to do the refurbishing, Peel said.
The project, scheduled for com
pletion in the spring of 1987, will
limit the amount of office, research
and classroom space for the College
of Geosciences, Mathewson said.
“It will be a strain on everybody in
the place because of lack of space,”
he said. “The research labs will have
to double up.”
Faculty and graduate student of
fices will be moved to the new addi
tion of Halbouty, and geoscience
classes will be taught in various
buildings around campus, he said.
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one who desires to grow in their
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for a three-hour period,” Tantzen
says. “But the materials cannot leave
the Browsing Library. We hope to
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we don’t have the funds, right now,
to replace materials that are lost or
stolen.” -
Lhe new center is relatively small,
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expansion.
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