{"id":147433,"date":"2021-09-08T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T02:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=147433"},"modified":"2021-09-08T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T02:37:03","slug":"spruce-up-kuykendall-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/08\/spruce-up-kuykendall-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvement, repairs spruce up Kuykendall Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left: Jordan Mamiya, Randee Chang, Nicholas Metivier, Keola Jimeno, John Gestrich, Lex Aguilar, Daren Lui, Kyle Arakaki and Shannon Suzuki.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> campus was still not at full capacity over the summer due the COVID-19<\/abbr> pandemic, the Office of Campus Operations and Facilities completed a special project on the third floor of Kuykendall Hall and took advantage of the empty space to do a total refresh of three general classrooms.<\/p>\n

In three classrooms on the third floor—rooms 301, 306 and 310—the project team replaced the carpet, cove base, window blinds, chair guards, patched and painted all surfaces in each room, installed new LED<\/abbr> lights, repaired and replaced ceiling soffits and tiles, replaced all air conditioning system air devices, replaced light switch and outlet cover plates, repaired projector screens and other miscellaneous items.<\/p>\n

Ceiling tiles in the corridor were repaired and replaced, new LED<\/abbr> lights installed, and wall surfaces were patched and painted. The restrooms had work done to repair damaged wall and floor ceramic tiles, replace mirrors, patch and paint wall surfaces, replace damaged plumbing fixtures, install hands-free faucets and paper towel dispensers and replace damaged lights.<\/p>\n

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Classroom before renovation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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Classroom after renovation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

In the Diamond Head lobby area on the third floor, existing classroom tables and concrete benches were relocated along the lobby perimeter to allow for extra study, seating and gathering areas.<\/p>\n

“Our facilities team did a phenomenal job spearheading this special project and were able to take advantage of the empty space in Kuykendall Hall this summer to make sure everything was ready for classes in the fall,” said Blake Araki<\/strong>, director of campus operations and facilities.<\/p>\n