Lbc Shakes Off Water Woes ; School Building Reopens 85 Days After Flooding
By Tim Mekeel | |
Proquest LLC |
Business Editor
If hardship shows what people are really like, then
Adversity arrived when a water pipe burst inside
The five-story building, which includes the LBC library, sustained extensive damage and was closed 85 days for repairs.
Teague, the president of the small
"We never heard our faculty, staff or students complain. ... An awful lot of character was revealed at this time of crisis," he said.
The building reopened
Damage to the building exceeded
Its contents sustained substantial damage as well.
About 1,000 of its 200,000 library volumes were lost, plus a third of its periodicals, some furniture and some computers.
LBC has insurance on the building and its contents, Teague said Monday.
But the
Those go on top of the impact of "a lot of manhours" spent dealing with the accident and "a lot of disruption," he said.
LBC and Paul Davis tried their best to minimize the inconvenience for students.
Library books were moved to temporary shelves built in the Paul Davis facility at
"The students still had access to a full library and all the books even while off site," said
"That's why we had the shelves constructed. The bible college ran books daily back to the school that students requested."
Since the temporary shelves are no longer needed, Paul Davis is giving away the wood to local schools and charities.
The three miles of shelves consist of
The lumber weighs about 40,000 pounds, he estimated.
Recipients include the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center,
The free lumber will be put to various uses.
For instance, the LCCTC will use the wood in a house its students are constructing.
The elementary school, in the School District of
The 43,000-square-foot building houses the library for the college's 1,700 students, plus a cafe and technology classrooms.
Originally named the
"It's become an anchor building on our campus," said Teague, who's led LBC since 1999.
The accident happened in the early morning of
A fourth-floor water pipe that was part of the building's sprinkler system burst, sending water cascading below.
Because the sprinkler system is tied into the fire alarm system, the alarm sounded, alerting the local fire department and LBC's security staff.
Teague estimated that the water flowed for about 20 or 30 minutes before it could be turned off.
LBC called Paul Davis that night; a crew arrived an hour and 45 minutes later, Teague said.
Temporary accommodations were made. Besides moving books to Paul Davis, offices were moved to the previous library building.
"Thankfully, it was still available," Teague said.
Teague said, at first, the college feared that the
That worst-case scenario, however, was avoided.
One reason was that Paul Davis often worked seven days a week, except when waiting for building materials such as dry wall.
The efforts of the Paul Davis crews did not go unnoticed.
Paul Davis employees shared to college staff that LBC students often expressed appreciation to them for the work being done.
"We have a lot of very thankful students," Teague said.
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