By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
Barton Community College Vice President of Administration Mark Dean
presented a long list of projects at the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday that
have been completed over the last year or are planned for the upcoming year.
The list of finished projects included the repair of curb and gutter, welding shop
renovation and repainting of the pool and new deck flooring at the college
pool.
Another ongoing project at the Great Bend college is replacing all the lighting
to LED lights. Dean said as LED prices continue to drop, it becomes more cost
efficient to make the switch to LEDs.
"At one time, to replace a 2' x 4' drop-in fixture with a 5,000k LED light, we were looking at $140 to $150 a piece," said Dean. "Now you can get them for $50 to $60 each."
The college has already installed electric power supplies for the new bleachers
for the upper level of the main gymnasium. Going into the winter break, Barton
staff will disassemble the wooden bleachers and make room for the
plastic-material bleachers. Dean said the college will be making use of the old
bleacher lumber.
"That lumber is 12" wide by 25' long," said Dean. "You can't find lumber like that anymore. We'll use it for some sort of project. We'll disassemble the metal frames and scrap that."
Other planned upcoming projects at Barton include stage floor replacement for the fine arts department, a new office inside the library and a main boiler replacement in the
T-Building.