HVAC Repairs Will Require Some Temporary Relocations

For Release - February 29, 2009  

UNM-Gallup will be embarking on a major heating, ventilation and air-conditioning project in old Calvin Hall this summer that will require the temporary relocation of several departments, classes and faculty members.

The work will begin shortly after graduation, which is scheduled for May 14, according to Ron Petranovich, physical plant manager, and will take anywhere from four to six months to complete.

“In 2004, all major equipment was replaced,” Petranovich said. “At this time, we will be upgrading all building zones, offices, classrooms and hallways.”

Those affected will be the Dean’s office, the Middle College High School, the Education Department, Room 152 training lab, the Bachelor and Graduate Programs offices, the Campus Police, the Center for Career Technology Education, some faculty members, and some classrooms in that part of the building.

The cost of the project will be funded by $950,000 awarded in G.O. Bond funds last fall, and by $400,000 from the college’s BR&R fund.

The Dean of Instruction, Chris Marlow, and the director of Student Services, Dr. Paul Kraft, are working to find places to relocate those individuals and programs that will be temporarily displaced by the work.

Petranovich said that UNM’s Office of Capital Projects will be visiting the campus soon to help the college plan and prepare for the project.