Posted on Dec. 13: McMaster to construct second temporary classroom

A second temporary classroom will be constructed at McMaster to meet demands for increased student enrolment.

The facility, to be located west of the first temporary classroom and facing Mitchell Crescent, will house two 200-seat classrooms.

Construction of the facility will begin in April and it is anticipated the building will be completed in July and ready for classes in September 2003, says Tony Cupido, director of Physical Plant. The pre-engineered steel stucture will be similar to the existing temporary classroom, he says. “The facilities will look virtually the same. It will be the same width only a little longer.”

Construction of the building was approved by the Board of Governors Thursday. Use of the structure after the new classrooms are available in the expanded Health Sciences facility must be approved by the Planning and Building Committee and the Board of Governors.

“We're trying to be proactive with the double cohort situation,” said Donald Green, chair of the Board's planning and building committee. “We will be short of classroom space and in order to solve that problem we will need to add another building.”

The cost of the facility will be at least $500,000.

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A second temporary classroom will be constructed at McMaster to meet demands for increased student enrolment.<p><br />
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The facility, to be located west of the first temporary classroom and facing Mitchell Crescent, will house two 200-seat classrooms. <p><br />
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Construction of the facility will begin in April and it is anticipated the building will be completed in July and ready for classes in September 2003, says Tony Cupido, director of Physical Plant. The pre-engineered steel stucture will be similar to the existing temporary classroom, he says. "The facilities will look virtually the same. It will be the same width only a little longer."<p><br />
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Construction of the building was approved by the Board of Governors Thursday. Use of the structure after the new classrooms are available in the expanded Health Sciences facility must be approved by the Planning and Building Committee and the Board of Governors. <p><br />
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"We&#039;re trying to be proactive with the double cohort situation," said Donald Green, chair of the Board&#039;s planning and building committee. "We will be short of classroom space and in order to solve that problem we will need to add another building."<p><br />
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The cost of the facility will be at least $500,000.

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