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November 12, 1999 Trustees approve renovations, replacement planesWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue Board of Trustees approved a major renovation to the university's oldest residence hall today (Friday, 11/12). The trustees also approved renovation plans for three other campus buildings and the purchase of 14 training aircraft for the School of Technology. The trustees approved a six-phase, six-year plan to renovate Cary Quadrangle, a five-building complex that was built in 1928. University Residences will spend $43.5 million to meet the needs of contemporary students and accessibility requirements. "This project, undertaken in response to students' requests for more space and more privacy, will reflect the contemporary expectations of our students while maintaining the historic charm of Cary Quad," said John Sautter, vice president for housing and food services. The first phase will renovate Cary East by demolishing the interior and creating accessible double-occupancy rooms with air conditioning and semiprivate baths. Each of the next two years, similar work will be done to renovate the northeast and west wings. The following three years will see the renovation, but not interior demolition, of the southwest, southeast and northwest wings. Semi-private baths and air conditioning are not part of the last three phases. Cary Quad currently can house up to 1,555 male students. After the remodeling, that capacity will decline by about 300. Purdue's University Residences are self-supporting, and the renovation will not involve tax dollars or general student fees. Other building projects authorized by the trustees are $5.48 million to renovate all three floors of the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Library in Stewart Center and to upgrade the library's computers and electronic reference systems; $1 million to continue the laboratory and classroom renovations in Lilly Hall of Life Sciences; and $700,000 to replace the ventilation systems for the north, south and main gymnasiums in the Recreational Sports Center. The trustees also approved the purchase of 14 Piper Warrior basic training aircraft to replace 13 Piper Cadet planes in Purdue's flight training program. Buying one additional aircraft will allow training flights to remain on schedule when one of the other planes in the fleet requires maintenance. The $1.92 million purchase is within the Aviation Technology Department's budget for updating laboratory equipment. Plans are being developed to sell the Piper Cadets, most of which are nearly 10 years old and are approaching the end of their usefulness for state-of-the-art pilot training. The board also approved changing the name of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Sources: Kenneth Burns, executive vice president and treasurer, (765) 494-9705 John Sautter, vice president of housing and food services, (765) 494-1000 Thomas Schmenk, director of facilities planning and construction, (765) 494-8003 Mike Kroes, head, Department of Aviation Technology, (765) 494-9957 Writer: J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu Related Web site:
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