Maintenance priorities for UL's campus

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UL Total - $ 5,765,000

Wharton York Chiller Rebuild - $ 25,000

Wharton Air Handler Missing Box Replacement - $ 500,000

Doucet Chiller 400 Ton - $ 260,000

Stephens Hall Boiler Replacement - $ 70,000

Stephens Hall Replace Clock Tower - $ 65,000

Declouet Boiler Replacement - $ 25,000

President's Residence Air Handler and Boiler Replacement - $ 95,000

Bourgeois Boiler Replacement - $ 35,000

AHU Replacement and Air Balancing in Montgomery Hall - $ 500,000

Montgomery Boiler Replacement - $ 35,000

Blackham Boiler Replacement - $ 40,000

Griffin Hall Air Handler Replacement - $ 650,000

Billeaud Hall AC Revisions in Old Section of Building - $ 950,000

Brooks Street Film Library Boiler Replacement - $ 20,000

Fletcher Hall Balcony Handrail Replacement - $ 75,000

Brooks Street Annex (International) Boiler Replacement - $ 20,000

Duct Cleaning Conference Center, Angelle, Foster, Wharton - $ 350,000

Plumbing Fixture Replacements in Multiple buildings - $ 300,000

Motor Control Center Replacements in Multiple Buildings - $ 800,000

EMS Upgrades in Multiple Buildings - $ 150,000

Utility Replacements in Multiple Buildings UL Lafayette Air Chiller

Duct Cleaning in Multiple Buildings - $ 350,000

Lighting Retrofits in Multiple Buildings - $ 300,000

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[ljr3721]

Most of these sound legit, but $75,000 for a balcony handrail? Is it covered in 14K gold?!?

[Jason]

_ Most of these sound legit, but $75,000 for a balcony handrail? Is it covered in 14K gold?!? _

Might be replacing the balcony as well as the hand rails...

[cajunfan96]

Does Pennington really need 50million? How about addressing some of the overall state maintenance issues before we build more?

[Cajun Power]

LSU presitge > UL basic necessities (see: French House moving from ~20 on list of priorities to #1, as well as the new cries for untold millions for Pennington)

Sadly, the trend will become worse now with the Baton Rouge gang running the state. Hopefully our improved Legislative standing will help, but I doubt it.

[locoguano]

Pennington is a world class research institution that receives far less funding than similar places around the country...

[rhineaux]

_ Pennington is a world class research institution that receives far less funding than similar places around the country... _

OK, how much revenue does the state recieve from it? Should the state be responsible for funding it as much as they do, when you have other universities that have for more pressing needs? Is it worth giving all of that money to Pennington, when it could be used to better the lives and educations of all of the students?

I really would like to know, because I'm not terribly familiar with that place. As I understand it, being that it's a part of the LSU System, it recieves money from the state's higher education funds. To me, it should position itself to get more grants and private dollars, and become (more or less) self-sufficient with the research it turns out.

[cajunfan96]

Fine, but until we fix all of the maintenance neglect that has taken place over decades, we do not need to give any handouts for new state building construction. If what you say is true, then there should be no problem with getting federal funding (grants) and companies to invest in this world class institution.

[Cajun Power]

_ Pennington is a world class research institution that receives far less funding than similar places around the country... _

UL is a world class research institution that recieves far less funding than similar places around the country. That's why we have broken down boilers in half of our buildings.

No one thinks Pennington doesn't deserve funding. There are more pressing needs, however, at other institutions. I hope you can understand how some people could be unsympathetic to Pennington when we have problems with funding basic maintainance and upkeep.

[cajunfan96]

Louisiana Universities 75 million
Pennington 50 Million

Bannana Republic at its finests

[Zeebart21]

Louisiana Universities 75 million
Pennington 50 Million

Bannana Republic at its finests

But they did win a National Championship in football! So, there you go..... That justifies all the rest.

Z

[CajunNation]

_ But they did win a National Championship in football! So, there you go..... That justifies all the rest.

Z _

Y'know Z, The empire will get away with what they can. We know what they're about.

It's the brain dead fools in the rest of the state that make me want to flush this state down the drain.

The majority of college students in this state don't go to LSUA&M-BR. Yet, the majority of them and their parents root for LSUA&M-BR. So much so that they don't give a rat's back end about their own schools' being given the shaft by the empire.

If the empire wanted their shirts off of their backs these imbeciles would give it to them.

It's the sorriest case of co-dependent behavior I've ever seen, and it's evidence of just how narrow minded most people in this state really are and why this state will continue to be the joke of the nation.

The best thing that could ever happen to improve the lives of the citizens of this state is for the empire to embark on about a 20 year stretch of absolute futility in the sporting arena. Taking people's attention away towards more important things in life.

Then, maybe, enough people will wake the freak up and realize the state is broken on many levels and needs to be completely revamped.

LSU sports--The Opiate of the Masses