So much construction is going on around the Bakersfield College campus – from improving the grounds to even remodeling the whole music building.
These improvements are taking a while to be completed, but we are told everything is still on schedule.
With the size of some of these projects, BC might be spreading its focus too thin. They should at least wait until a less-crowded time to go full force with all these different projects, but it is almost summer, so we are only inconvenienced for about a month until break.
Are the noise, the hassle and the final product going to be worth it? Yes.
If you are a part of the music or theater departments, then you are definitely excited about the new building that includes a new indoor and outdoor theater.
For the rest of us, that doesn’t really matter because we won’t use that building, but we can all agree that the building is going to look amazing and make our campus look even more beautiful.
At first the noise was crazy, but it didn’t conflict with any classes that we know of. But now, it is kept to a minimum, as they seem to be working a lot more on the inside of the building.
The parking lot by the baseball field and the one by the FACE building have also been getting repaired by filling potholes and repaving.
For as much as us students pay for parking, we should be able to not have to avoid potholes and have somewhere nice to park.
BC has also upgraded the lighting around campus to new energy-efficient LED panels. We personally like the new lighting and our photographers really like them because it provides better lighting for their photos.
BC is also installing new water pipes and gas lines over the next few months, starting with the northeast side of the campus. This will cause some confusion and make it difficult to park because at one point you will only be able to come into the parking lot from the Panorama Drive side.
They are also converting the staff parking lot behind Fine Arts to only disabled parking, which is much needed since the DSPS can only drop off students to the edge of the curb and not to the actual parking lot under the solar panels, which is ridiculous.
With all these upgrades and remodeling going on, you have to appreciate the effort BC is putting into making our campus seem more upscale and beautiful. Without these valuable upgrades we would start to look like the second-rate community college that many people think we are.
We should visually and academically be amazing, and these upgrades are going to help achieve that balance.
The BC website has a direct link to the most up-to-date construction information from public safety, which can be found on the main BC website homepage.