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BSC repairs could cost $150,000

Sep 09, 2008 - 04:05:18 CDT

By SARA KINCAID
Bismarck Tribune

Repairs to the Jack Science Center could be complete by the end of the semester.

Water flooded the first floor of the building on Wednesday. It damaged carpets, walls and buckled the floor in some areas.

The damage forced the relocation of 62 class sections, eight faculty offices and some computer labs. Many of the classes were relocated to the National Energy Center of Excellence.

"Because of some space in the National Energy Center of Excellence that opened this fall, it had space that was not dedicated to other class sections," said Dave Clark, BSCexecutive vice president.

Carpet will be replaced, and new drywall will need to be put up where it was cut away to let the walls dry out. Clark estimates it could cost $150,000 to fix.

"Carpet replacement alone will be $60,000 to $70,000," he said.

Engineers are investigating the cause of the leak.

The damage also coincides with work on the aquatic center.

"A valve was opened up that was closed to facilitate the aquatic center project," Clark said.

The valve was opened to keep water service at the campus, he said. Water appeared in the Jack Science Center soon after this valve was opened, he said.

How the repairs will be paid will depend on talks with the city and whether it qualifies under the Fire and Tornado Fund of North Dakota, which provides insurance coverage to BSC.

"There are some exclusions in the policy," Clark said. "We don't know for sure if there is coverage. Obviously the repair has to be done."

The college hired a restoration company Wednesday evening to start on the clean up. Carpet was removed in some areas and lower sections of walls were cut out to help dry out and prevent mold from growing, Clark said.

Classes that were moved will continue in the relocated space until the end of the semester. An open computer lab was moved to another space in the Jack Science Center.

(Reach reporter Sara Kincaid at 250-8251 or sara.kincaid@bismarcktribune.com.)

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Comments

SGT. Me wrote on Nov 3, 2008 11:01 AM:

" Yes lets raise tuition as sanp said...I already cannot afford to go to school for my degree for having to work 3 jobs and support my family, let alone the fact that the GI Bill and my Fed. tuition asst. will ONLY pay if I go to school full time and they don't cover ALL of the books, supplies and tuition. Lets make it harder for our local students and future students to afford to go to school. HEY that's a great way to keep North Dakota people IN North Dakota, don't give them access to affordable higher education, so then they will stay here and work the lower income jobs...Good idea snap, you wanna run for Pres. of the USA too? You raise tuition anymore then it is already and it'll be harder for local people to afford and they will go out of state for school and most WON'T come back. "

Snap wrote on Sep 16, 2008 12:32 AM:

" Raise student tuition! That'll pay for it! Better than my tax dollars! "

Bono wrote on Sep 10, 2008 6:02 PM:

" Don Julio - you obviously never get out much. Check ANY big city - decorative concrete everywhere. Ever been to Vegas? Denver? Minneapolis? Just to name a few.

Decorative concrete floors are green, environmentally friendly and are very attractive. I'm not talking about ugly, gray concrete.

You really need to do some research before shooting off your mouth. "

Don Julio wrote on Sep 9, 2008 7:55 PM:

" To Bono: Concrete floors in a multi-million dollar insitution of higher education? The 1950's called and want you to go back as an interior decorator. Maybe the money you'd save on carpet could buy asbestos for the building? "

Bono wrote on Sep 9, 2008 5:08 PM:

" Why would you put carpet back down on that floor? To take the chance of this happening again? Talk about a waste of money. All kinds of things can be done to concrete these days to make it into a nice, finished floor - and for alot cheaper than replacing the carpet. Polishing, acid staining - come on BSC - get with the times. "

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