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January 8, 2010 | RC lounge

The RC lounge was vacated today at around 12:10, and remains closed to students until a diagnostic is performed and any necessary repairs can be done. I snapped this picture after work stopped for a break.

Students initially noticed a leak on the ceiling. When workers arrived, they found a puddle of water on the leaking panel, removed the panel, and let water drip into a bucket. Our building is old, and the leak was initially attributed to heavy rain.

However, workers found that the water drops were too frequent, and deemed necessary a more through analysis of the piping system. Since the inter-floor crawl space contains asbestos, the lounge was vacated and closed. Analysis proved difficult due to the amount of asbestos insulation, and the results of an inspection, as well as testimony from the people on the 2nd floor, who complained about a leak in the men's restroom, showed that the problem is serious.

As a result, the lounge remains closed. Part of it is sealed off to prevent asbestos contamination to other areas, and we don't really know what the workers are doing up there, or when the lounge will reopen.