Hi all
We recently learned that a wing of our building will be demolished next summer.
Several people in facilities (none of them in chemistry) have told the department
chair that the demolition will not impact the research wing in any way. It’s
unclear how they have decided this, especially since – as far as I can tell –
no experimental tests have been done to see whether any demolition work will carry
through the slab to nearby parts of the building.
Our magnets do not have anti-vibration legs, so we are particularly vulnerable to
any nearby work. I know that the laser labs are also concerned.
I’ve searched through AMMRL and found several excellent writeups on
things to consider when buildings may be under construction, but I haven’t seen
any discussion about what kinds of tests we could do to see how sensitive the
magnets will be to any sort of construction work. I know that 2D experiments are
the most susceptible to disruption, but are there any recommended protocols?
Similarly, what sorts of construction work (jack hammering, etc.) should I be
most concerned about? Are there any experimental tests I can request on the
facilities side to predict in advance what sorts of problems we might have?
Does anyone have any pointers about specific data that I should expect facilities
to be able to provide that would show that they have done the work to determine
what potential vibrational impacts construction would cause?
It does not seem like we will be able to prevent the construction from occurring
but even knowing in advance what parts of the demolition will create the most
problems so that students can schedule experiments around those times will be
valuable.
One writeup suggested paying for an external consultant to scout out the labs and
identify possible issues. Assuming facilities has not done due diligence, we can
probably do that, but I would like to know what concerns I should raise in order
to justify doing so.
Thank you!
Beth Moscato
Temple University
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