Major Upgrades Planned for Peck Hall (Edwardsville Campus)

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Two separate projects are being coordinated to upgrade the windows and
offices in Peck Hall.  While the projects will result in disruption, both
projects are being coordinated from the beginning to try to minimize the
impact of that disruption.

Peck Hall, like most of the original campus buildings, has single pane
windows.  Not only does this waste quite a bit of energy, but occupants near the windows are frequently too hot or too cold, sometimes even on the same day.  Itner Architects has been retained by the University to study the windows and the alternatives to upgrade their performance to both reduce energy costs, and improve the conditions of students, faculty and staff working near them.  The results of their study will go to the Board of
Trustees for approval of a project to upgrade the windows.  While public
area windows might be replace before the end of the 2011 spring term, the
windows in the office and classrooms will be done during the summer
semester.

The second project is to upgrade the offices in the building.  This will
include new furniture, carpeting, painting, and temperature control upgrades.  A group of faculty and staff from within CAS have volunteered to work with Facilities on the furniture upgrades.  Most of the office
furniture in the building dates from the construction of the building in the
mid 1960's.  While details are still being worked out, conceptually  those
with an office in the building will have a vote on what furniture line is
used to upgrade the furniture as well as choosing specifically what goes
into their office.  Most of the upgrades will be done during the summer of
2011 along with the windows.

These upgrades will be done in the other Edwardsville core buildings as
funding becomes available.

Three phases of window upgrades have been completed at the Alton campus with the final phase under design.  Most of the windows at Alton predated the Edwardsville Campus.  The window upgrades at Alton were done in consultation with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.

The Peck projects are still contingent on the University cash flow
situation.

Robert B. Washburn
Director Facilities Management
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville