The elevators in Building\u2019s 1-11 at Sinclair Community College are being refurbished and brought up to code standards this month. Cameras are also being installed in all of the elevators to prevent crime and to ensure the safety of the passengers.<\/p>\n
The entire project will cost Sinclair $244,000 in repair costs. It should be completed by the end of February.<\/p>\n
The speed of the elevators will not be changed at all. The elevators are hydraulic and cannot be changed to electric elevators, which are faster but more expensive to operate.<\/p>\n
According to Ron Hovell, a cabling construction manger specialist, the elevator\u2019s cabs needed re-skinned in a more sustainable material. Sinclair chose a pre-engineered panel system that is segmented, so that they can replace a piece of the panel instead of the entire wall. He said that the elevators walls were original and had not been replaced since 1972 so they were due for refurbishment.<\/p>\n
Robert \u201cWoody\u201d Woodruff, the Facilities Management director, said that cameras were also installed so that we can preserve the safety of the individuals who use Sinclair\u2019s elevators.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce those doors close, it\u2019s only you and whoever\u2019s in there. So it\u2019s for the safety of the riders,\u201d Hovel said.<\/p>\n
Cameras all around the campus are not a new idea. There are cameras in more than a hundred locations on campus including in the library, bookstore, the parking lots, garages and all of the stores, restaurants and cafes, Woodruff said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an initiative campus-wide where we are getting more eyes on the campus. Security, safety, this is just one project. There are cameras all over campus to monitor campus activity in places,\u201d Woodruff said.<\/p>\n
There are also cameras around the \u201cblue lights\u201d to monitor that part of campus and for viewing the pedestrian walkways. Most of the cameras were installed over 15 years ago. However, the elevator cameras will be a recent addition for the first time at Sinclair.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could scenario that, if someone is sick and can\u2019t breathe and can\u2019t reach the call button, the camera is seeing what\u2019s going on in the elevators,\u201d Woodruff said.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s a reason for that. Maybe a pregnant mother is having a problem and the police can see by the camera and dispatch some people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sinclair has had a few instances where the elevators stopped between floors and the campus police had to \u201crescue\u201d the individuals trapped on the elevators. Woodruff states that it is a rare occurrence and not a huge problem.<\/p>\n
He said that the elevator immediately goes to alarm, which directs the police dispatcher who is at Sinclair all hours of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been instances; it\u2019s not a perfect world,\u201d Woodruff said. \u201cThey\u2019re not there for hours or days where they\u2019re sweating like in the movies, it\u2019s a matter of minutes before they can get up in there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woodruff cites graffiti as another reason that cameras are being installed in the elevators. He said that Sinclair spends a lot of time, effort and money to try to maintain the campus. According to Woodruff, most people respect the campus but that there is always some people who try to \u201cmake their mark\u201d by defacing Sinclair property.<\/p>\n
Sinclair is inspected by the state every month and it has inspectors around any time they have a project, Woodruff said. Sinclair abides by very strict state regulations and that the elevators are no exception to this rule.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a public safety issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
If the elevators are not up-to-par then Sinclair would have to shut them down. Woodruff said that it would be a huge issue if Sinclair had to shut down the elevators because handicapped students rely on them to get to classes.<\/p>\n
The idea is to have a regular cycle of maintenance and repairs to prevent the campus from becoming run down, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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