BC’s Humanities building has been undergoing construction on the north side of the building for the past month, interrupting classes.
Classes in the humanities building have been disrupted by sounds of power drills, loud hammering, and just general construction noises that can be heard especially in rooms H-101-105.
Director of Facilities, Marcos Rodriguez, said that the source of the noise is for a couple of reasons. New double paned windows have recently been installed around campus, especially in some of the older buildings like Humanities. This will provide better insulation in the classrooms and will help keep outside noise from being heard during class.
In addition to these installations, maintenance discovered a few weeks ago that the north side of the building did not have headers for the previous windows. The headers are needed to give support to the windows since they are so heavy on the building.
Maintenance requested that they install these headers as soon as possible, and, luckily, they were given authorization from the state and DSA to go through with the construction in the past two weeks.
The noised is caused by the drilling into the support beams of the building to install these headers but, it can be heard the most on the second floor.
This construction will make the building much safer for students and staff, said maintenance.
They ensured that the issue is a priority.
“This campus is very old, and I understand that it is an inconvenience to students and professors trying to teach, we are actively trying to mitigate the noise…we are hoping to be out of there come Thanksgiving in time for finals,” said Rodriguez.