ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan Regents, at their Nov. 20-21 meeting, approved these renovation projects on the Ann Arbor campus:

• “A two-phase project is necessary to maintain the reliability of the Central Power Plant, which provides essential steam service to approximately 14 million square feet of building area on the Central Campus and Medical Center,” said U-M Executive Vice President Chandler W. Matthews.

“The first phase involves replacing boiler #6 which is 50 years old and cannot generate steam at a high enough pressure to produce electricity in the Plant’s cogeneration cycle.

“The second phase involves the replacement of specific boiler tubes in boilers #3 and #4. These boilers are 28 and 32 years old respectively. By replacing selective tube sections, reliability and life of the boilers will be increased.”

The project is estimated to cost $11.7 million.

• “As part of the continuing process to upgrade the C.C. Little Building, approximately 15,000 square feet of the fourth floor will be renovated for the Department of Geological Sciences. Program improvements will include new offices, a new ultra-clean laboratory for mass spectrometry and a small fluids dynamics laboratory.” The project is estimated to cost $2.1 million.

• “To facilitate the construction of the proposed Palmer Street Parking Structure and the future expansion for academic programs in this area, a portion of the existing North University Building will be demolished and the Building Services functions housed in that structure will be relocated. In order to house these functions, we propose to build a 12,000-square-foot addition onto the new North Campus Parking Services Building which was approved by the Regents last

• “The Women’s Hospital Birth Center was placed in the Mott Hospital Building in 1995. We are presently experiencing more birth activity than we projected several years ago. We believe we can accommodate the projected demand by providing three additional labor-delivery-postpartum rooms and three nesting rooms (where mothers would stay whose babies are not yet ready to leave the hospital). Space within and adjacent to the Women’s Birth Center will be used to accommodate these functions.” The project is estimated to cost $595,000.

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