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Effects of construction
New construction creates new issues for students
Bryant Marcia
Issue date: 9/6/07 Section: News
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Maybe predicting some student opposition, school officials decided to create a brand new Student Access Center facing Hesperian Boulevard.
The new center is being touted as "the welcoming gateway" and "portal to the campus."
Visible from Hesperian Boulevard, it will be the new focal point and main access to the campus and will consolidate all student services under one roof.
Although not scheduled for completion until 2009/2010 the new additions promise to bring Chabot's 40-plus-year-old buildings up to date and make the school more competitive and desirable for future students.
With the construction of these two buildings just being part of the initial phase, much more work is still projected for the next few years.
Eight buildings in total are scheduled for demolition and 30 others will see different levels of renovation, from minor fixes to meet demand, to more extensive work.
The campus landscape will also be transformed; students will see more; trees, flowers and shrubs to create a garden-like environment that both students and faculty can appreciate.
All of this planned work is sure to change dramatically the way the school looks, and its ability to offer a more modern learning space for students.
For everyone's sake, the hope is that all of this work hits its intended target and is able to bolster enrollment and keep Chabot College's spot as a great learning facility in this community.
The new center is being touted as "the welcoming gateway" and "portal to the campus."
Visible from Hesperian Boulevard, it will be the new focal point and main access to the campus and will consolidate all student services under one roof.
Although not scheduled for completion until 2009/2010 the new additions promise to bring Chabot's 40-plus-year-old buildings up to date and make the school more competitive and desirable for future students.
With the construction of these two buildings just being part of the initial phase, much more work is still projected for the next few years.
Eight buildings in total are scheduled for demolition and 30 others will see different levels of renovation, from minor fixes to meet demand, to more extensive work.
The campus landscape will also be transformed; students will see more; trees, flowers and shrubs to create a garden-like environment that both students and faculty can appreciate.
All of this planned work is sure to change dramatically the way the school looks, and its ability to offer a more modern learning space for students.
For everyone's sake, the hope is that all of this work hits its intended target and is able to bolster enrollment and keep Chabot College's spot as a great learning facility in this community.
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Sarah Carr
posted 9/09/07 @ 10:44 AM EST
Building 700 is listed in the article as being worked on, but is it really building 800 where the English classes met?
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