Thursday, March 1, 2012

NEWS: Student Services heating problem solved

By Joshua Sanchez
Staff Writer

On Feb. 28, a portion of the Student Services Building’s heating system broke down. The issue was the result of bearings in the air handlers. “The equipment is all-original, and was installed in 1959,” said Doug Jenson, Director of Facilities at AVC. “One of the parts had to be flown in overnight from Texas,” he said. The parts have been installed, and the problem has been repaired. Jenson reported that there is no estimate on the cost of parts and labor as of yet. This situation does beg the question, how much of AVC’s infrastructure is aging and falling into disrepair?