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Conference 7.286::maynard

Title:	Maynard -- Center of the Universe
Notice:	Welcome to our new digs...
Moderator:	PRAGMA::GRIFFIN

Created:	Wed Aug 06 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Feb 20 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	509
Total number of notes:	4062

85.0. "Major plans for Bldg. 4 of the Mill" by JON::MORONEY (-- swapped out --) Mon Feb 29 1988 22:04

Has anyone else seen the plans for some Major renovations for Bldg. 4 of the
Mill?  If not, I'll summarize.  This is probably news to most of you.

1) A Large, stepped auditorium of some sort is to be built in 4-5.  This will
   take up most of the half of 4-5 nearest Bldg. 1.  It will follow the design
   found in university lecture halls, with the rear higher than the front.
2) Half of the current 4-5 ceiling/attic floor will be removed to provide enough
   headroom for the auditorium.
3) A new stair tower will be built outside of Bldg. 3, between the bridges
   between 4-6/Bldg 5 and 3-5/Bldg 5.  New exits into the stair tower will
   be provided from 4-5, 4-4 and 4-3.
4) The current stairway between 4-4 and 4-3 will be eliminated.  The ramp on 4-4
   will be redone.
5) The current emergency exit on 4-3 will be eliminated.  An (emergency?) exit
   will be provided from the new stair tower.
6) Some conference rooms will be provided behind the auditorium on 4-5.  The
   floor level here will be about 2 1/2 feet higher than currently.
7) The stairs between 4-5 and 3-6 and 4-5 and 3-5 will be redone, and partially
   replaced with ramps.
8) A large skylight will be provided in part of the space between the auditorium
   and the new stairwell on 4-5.
9) The other half of 4-5 (nearest Walnut St.) will be renovated normally, with
   offices.

Comments?  I hope this is done well, without taking too much character from the
Mill.

-Mike

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
85.1	fly in the ointment?	STING::EMERSON_P	Guard proprietary information!	`Thu Mar 17 1988 13:04`	5
	I heard they had a slight flood up there... Anyone know any details.. Will
85.2	it blew the ENET!!	REGENT::MOZER	H.C.C. ;-)	`Thu Mar 17 1988 15:07`	6
	All I know is that a water pipe burst which not only took "down" the ENET to the rest of DEC, but also from some parts of the Mill to the other :-(... And it just came back up about 30 min. ago!! Joe
85.3	Sprinkler system still works...	RAMBLR::MORONEY	Period Three Implies Chaos	`Thu Mar 17 1988 23:20`	5
	I heard they knocked a sprinkler head. True? Not good to have a computer room right below... -Mike
85.4	Water on the brain	BETSY::WATSON	No_Mad	`Fri Mar 18 1988 09:14`	18
	Yup. One of the workers doing the renovations on 4-5 knocked a sprinkler head completely off, and it took them awhile to find the shut-off valve. My sources tell me that even though the router to the Outside World was virtually unaffected, the rest of the comm. computer room looked like someone had thrown several buckets of water on the equipment (including the gandalf switch) so they couldn't restore electrical power for several hours. NOW, they have one of those little red boxes hanging on the wall with the roll of emergency plastic inside.. just in case. re: having a computer room right below. Mike, remember when the intake water line to the A/C in the 21-4 computer room burst, and it soaked everything on 21-3 & 21-2? We thought that was major. It's the Mill. Kip
85.5		RAMBLR::MORONEY	Period Three Implies Chaos	`Fri Mar 18 1988 16:51`	13
	re .4: >re: having a computer room right below. Mike, remember when the intake >water line to the A/C in the 21-4 computer room burst, and it soaked >everything on 21-3 & 21-2? We thought that was major. That was before my time, but I heard several stories about it. Plastic sewer pipes for the water supply + water hammer from the A/C = major leak. Took them a while before they caught on and replaced the plastic pipes with copper ones. -Mike
85.6	water,water everywhere	LDYBUG::PELAGATTI	Anne A. Pelagatti	`Wed Mar 23 1988 08:23`	6
	There were several serious water pipe breaks and roof leaking problems in 21 over the years. We had one pipe break on 21-3 which did significant damage to the f/s stock room on 21-1. We have had emergency plastic up here for a long time! 21-3 resident
85.7	bad enough	REGENT::GETTYS	Bob Gettys N1BRM 223-6897	`Fri Mar 25 1988 20:44`	8
	Re .4 I heard that the damage could have been MUCH worse if it hadn't been for one fast thinking worker that grabbed one of the firehoses and used it to route the water from the sprinkler head out one of the windows! (Sounds good anyway) /s/ Bob