(from The Chronicle of Higher Education) Campus construction often leads to tearing down old buildings and building new, but an alternative at Goucher College takes the form of recycling. Seeking to modernize elements of its 287-acre campus, the 1,500-student Maryland college is moving three 1950s-era, 55-bed residence halls a few hundred yards away to a more spacious and welcoming courtyard location. The dorms are structurally solid and have clay-tile roofs and exterior stonework, and with new heating systems and some additional remodeling they'll cost only $8 million, a fraction of what new construction would cost.
The project also represents the sustainable choice, as it will keep an estimated 3,600 tons of material out of the waste stream.
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