Bluemont Hall limited access throughout weekend
UPDATE: Friday, July 26, 2013
Bluemont Hall is open Friday, July 26, until 4 p.m. Construction is ongoing, and limited access to the building is advised. Contractors are scheduled to apply the next layer of epoxy flooring at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 26, and a final coat on Saturday, July 27.
All personnel should leave Bluemont Hall at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 26, and not return until Monday, July 29. If you must enter the building over the weekend, be aware that this work will be going on and limit your time in the building.
Bluemont Hall will return to normal hours on Monday, July 29.
Epoxy vapors temporarily close Bluemont Hall
Thursday, July 25, 2013
MANHATTAN -- Epoxy vapors have temporarily closed Bluemont Hall.
On Thursday, Kansas State University safety officials evacuated the hall, and the building is being ventilated entirely with outside air. Officials ask the public to avoid going to Bluemont Hall at this time.
No one has been harmed, but university employees who work in Bluemont Hall have been evacuated as an extra safety precaution.
Workers were laying an epoxy floor of a lecture hall when improper ventilation caused the vapors to spread throughout the building, said Lisa Linck, public safety officer.
Campus will be advised when the hall will reopen. For more information, check http://www.k-state.edu.
