Most Heating Systems At Colorado State University Expected To Be Ready By Sept. 20 Or Sooner
Wednesday, September 10, 1997
FORT COLLINS--Six of eight buildings at Colorado State
University lacking heat because of damage from the July flood are
expected to be back on line by Sept. 20 or earlier, said Ron
Baker, director of Facilities Management at the university.
The other two buildings - Morgan Library and Lory Student
Center - are expected to have at least partial heat by Oct. 1.
In addition to the student center and library, buildings
without heat are Eddy Hall, Education, Gibbons, Hartshorn Health
Center, Music and Occupational Therapy.
Baker said repairing the heating systems in Lory Student
Center and Morgan Library is more difficult than in the other
buildings, so those systems will require an additional 10 days to
repair.
Although the university's Heating Plant was submerged under
18 feet of water after the July 28 flood, Facilities Management
personnel repaired and fired up one of three boilers at the plant
within a week. The repairs allowed hot water to flow once again
in buildings throughout campus.
The basement in the Heating Plant was submerged, and the
water line at the plant reached to the tops of doors on the first
floor, said John Morris from the operations management department
of Facilities Management. One of the boilers was running when
flood water hit and sustained serious damage. Control units and
other electrical components were damaged as well.
The university brought in a portable boiler from Illinois at
a cost of $56,000, and steam was on the way to high-priority
buildings such as residence halls that housed conference
attendees and laboratories that required autoclaves for
sterilization.
In addition to heat, the Heating Plant provides steam for
cooking, humidification, autoclaves and other uses.
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