{"id":1912,"date":"2016-09-11T08:59:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T12:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoodcomstudies.com\/theblueandgrey\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2016-09-19T09:02:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T13:02:05","slug":"work-finishes-on-tatem-hall-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblueandgrey.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/11\/work-finishes-on-tatem-hall-renovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Finishes on Tatem Hall Renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The exterior of the new back entrance to Tatem Arts Center. Photo by CJ Blickenstaff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After nearly two years of work on the building, The Tatem Arts Building\u2019s renovations and improvements have finally ended, according to Hood College officials.<\/p>\n

Treasurer Charles Mann, vice president for finance at Hood, said that the project to improve Tatem was officially completed in August. In addition to Tatem\u2019s renovations, new carpeting and painting were also implemented for Whitaker Campus Center and Meryan Hall over the summer.<\/p>\n

The new addition to Tatem includes handicap-accessible entrances, sprinklers and fire alarms, an elevator, new carpeting and painting, and new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant restrooms on every floor. Prior to the summer, the building was not handicap-accessible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe background for the project was that it was an accessibility upgrade project,\u201d Jim Thomas, the facilities director and project manager from 2015-2016, said. \u201cAs we do every year, we pick a building to do a capital improvement. Every year, we try to improve an academic building and revitalize one of the dorms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tatem gained nearly 7000 square feet of new space thanks to the construction. While Price Auditorium was removed from the building, the psychology department was also relocated into the space formerly used as the attic.<\/p>\n

The project, including renovations on The Hodson Science and Technology Center\u2019s third floor from 2014, costed an estimated $8.3 million. Of the amount spent, $2.5 million was received from the state of Maryland, and $2 million came from donors to Hood.<\/p>\n

Some delays to the project were caused by the discovery of additional space under Price Auditorium in Tatem. Its excavation allowed for four more classrooms to be added to the renovated building.<\/p>\n

Regarding future construction projects, Mann said that there are plans to convert the Beneficial-Hodson Library into a learning commons in 2018-2019. He described the shift as turning the building into a space where people can interact and work on academic projects better.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a little longer than I had hoped for, and cost a little more than we had originally hoped,\u201d Mann said about Tatem\u2019s improvements. \u201cBut, in the end, it was all worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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