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Three years later, Gartley Hall renovation starts EMI A IKO News Editor A fter being shut down for nearly three years due to structural damage, long-awaited renovation work on Gartley Hall has finally begun to turn the building into a greener one by August 2013. Built back in 1921, the hall’s deterioration culminated in an evacuation and building closure in 2009, but its reconstruction,
in the works as late as 2007, was slowed by budgetary issues.
G E T T I N G GA R T L E Y GREENER A groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 7 to begin a $12.5 million upgrade to improve the building’s interior while still preserving its historic construction. The improvements are expected to fi x the building’s aging interior and are designed to achieve Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design Silver Certification, promoting a more energy-efficient campus. The project initially received funding for its redesign back in 2007. Gartley Hall was evacuated back in September 2009 due to health and safety concerns caused by structural damage. Construction is scheduled to fi nish in August 2013 and Gartley Hall will become the future home of the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work.
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A L MO S T T H R E E Y E A R S ʼ VAC A N C Y While the renovation project had been planned for quite some time, it was only in 2009 that the university realized the extent of the continuing deterioration of the building. Susan Y. Lin, a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology and chair of the Board of Publications, said that many people were aware of the fact that the building needed renovation but the building
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A groundbreaking ceremony, attended by officials including OHA trustee Haunani Apoliona and Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, was held May 7 to initiate the renovation of Gartley Hall. i
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