[Faculty] No air flow - should not we close down the building?

[Theresa Garcia]

Sooby,

 

I wholeheartedly and vehemently agree with you.  In 221c, a room that these workers ‘forgot’ was even there over the summer, tiles are missing from the ceiling and a light fixture is dangerously temporarily fixed so it doesn’t fall.  Though this isn’t a classroom, approximately 100 students and MEP staff use that room each week for academic workshops, meetings, and tutoring.  After several inquiries and demands for completion to save the potential danger we are still waiting for the ‘work to be completed’.

 

If you find out any more information, please inform us all.

 

Theresa M. Garcia, M.A.

'91 & '09

SDSU MEP Director

619 594-5679

"Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished : If you're alive, it isn't."  ― Illusions, Richard Bach

 

From: faculty-bounces at engineering.sdsu.edu [mailto:faculty-bounces at engineering.sdsu.edu] On Behalf Of Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:56 PM
To: Arlene Gibson
Cc: staff at attila.sdsu.edu; faculty at attila.sdsu.edu
Subject: [Faculty] No air flow - should not we close down the building?

 

Dear Friends,

I just got this email from Arlene that the building air supply may be cut off due to construction work. Was that a real mail?

I have a class with 70+ students (in a room with official capacity of 52). Already, many sitting in the back cannot hear me as ear splitting noise suddenly appears because of work by contractor. The room does not have a PA system for me to use either. In my 18+ years here, this is the first time I have seen such major construction work during regular semester time. Students are quite upset about it and justifiably so. Now you are telling me that they may be cut off from oxygen 

Without knowing the details, I must say that those who planned this work forgot what is the main mission of a university. If any business treats its customer like we are treating our students these days, it will go bankrupt in no time.

I would hope that the college administration finds out how long this will last and inform us so that we can apologize to our students for the current state of affairs.

Best,

Sooby

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Arlene Gibson <agibson2 at mail.sdsu.edu> wrote:

Hello everyone,

 

According to Work Control, there will be no air flow in the engineering building due to work being done by the contractor. Work Control was unable to say how long this will be.

 

Thanks, Arlene

 

Arlene Gibson

College of Engineering

Office of the Dean

San Diego State University

Phone: 619 594-6061

Fax: 619 594-6005

 


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