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Asbesi By Ron Brackett and Leslie Dunson Significant levels of asbestos I nave oeen lounu in id uov. buildings, according to a university official. David Rinker, system vice president for facilities planning, said these buildings were cited by the consulting firm AHP Research as areas that needed immediate attention. | Rinker said in a prepared statement these areas are "potential [problem areas if proper precautions are not taken and the III til LI I tl 1 !S LA ) 111 cl 111111 dNUl'MU') til L not sealed off or removed as soon 99 possible." gnu: RESEARCH FIRM Sttidied all 215 buildings in the pSC system and found some form of asbestos in 118. Only 15 of those are on a high priority level. The asbestos is in such a form in the rest that it will not require attention unless major renovations are undertaken, Rinker claimed. . l ive of the 15 buildings are on the Columbia campus. They are the ( ose Tower of the HA f tos fou Building, Williams-Ik ice College oi nursing, inc i aw vomer, inc Physical Science ("enter and Columbia Hall dormitory. The others are the administration building on the USC-Aiken campus and the administration building and Hodge Center on the Spartanburg campus. The university will request a total of SI4.5 million from the state Legislature to cover the asbestos removal cost in these buildings. "We would like to receive legislative approval for S3.5 million this spring," Rinker said, "to begin the removal process immediately, and the remainder of the request over the next two years." AWIILX17K IV <wlw>r I \/?7 Ii^ WIIIVI buildings on the C olumbia campus can be r c m o v c d by U S C maintenance teams or under small contracts, according to Rinkcr. Pipe covering in five buildings is affected and will take a quarterday to four days to correct. They are Sims dorm, Minn Mall, Nada Apartments, the neutron generator nd in ( "I will be explaining the nature thp nrnhlpm vA/hat tho time tahl ** IIVI I IIIU IIIIIU IUUI will be and what we intend to do alleviate the problem that do exist." ?David Rink system vice president for faciliti planni building and a medical school d building at the Veteran's Administration I lospital. Ceiling material in Drayton Hall s; and a ceiling in a large room in the ii Towers complex also contain tl asbestos. Drayton Hall will require il three days work and the Towers, a quarter-day. o Rinker said much of the asbestos I is in non-public areas or "areas t; that would be accessible only to n maintenance and renovation peo- w pie, not those who are not working in the area or attending classes on a c :ampu ay-to-day basis." "AS I.<)\(, a s p i o p e r tfcguards arc taken, there is no nmediate problem in remaining in lese buildings, ' Rinker said in ic press release. ! he asbestos was found in the onerete ceiling spray in C olumbia I a 11. It will cost Si.2 million and ike six months to remove the laterial, and may mean residents .ill have to be housed elsewhere. Correcting the HA Building will ost $3 million and will take one to s build three years. Relocation will probably be required there also. I he nursing building will require the removal ol sprayed asbestos materials from its lobby area and stairs. Mo relocation is neccessary, but correction will take three months and will cost $250,000. mi: I AW (T.MT'.R corrections will involve the removal of the material from its structural steel, and will cost $ I million. Partial in-house relocations are possible. Corrections in the Physical Sciences Center are the most costly at $7.5 million and will require the removal of the asbestos from its structural steel. Relocation will begin as soon as possible. Kinkcr said the precise plans lor renuning the asbestos will have to be devised by architects and engineers. "Ideally, it would be best to take a whole floor, just in terms of ease of getting in and out and working around people," he said. "But the way we see it working at the present time would be to take a sec lings lion of a floor, lelocate people and remove the asbestos material in that area." Ill/ L A J I \ ? ? I .1 II Ill* III I IIV. Ml \ Ml lil 11 areas ? areas where we ha\e very easy, quick remedies for, with out own people ? those can be clone while people are there, perhaps even over a weekend or a time when we ask people to he out. Many of these will take ;i halt a day, or a quarter of a da\, or maybe a couple of days in order to remove." Sessions began yesterday with campus groups to discuss the university's plans for dealing with the asbestos. These groups include dorm residents, area managers. nan auvisers anu any oilier group concerned. The problem will be discussed with the I acuity Senate and the Student Government Senate today. "I'm the one who will be talking to the groups. I will be explaining the nature of the problem, what the time tables will be and what we intend to do to alleviate the problem that does exist." Rinker said. i The Gamecock Pounded 1908 Wednesday olume 77, No. 59 University of South Carolina February 6, 1985 11 ASB I DUST 1 WEAR I PROTECT!) \r DO NOT Rl UNLESS RIQI i: BREMHII | DUS1 1 HAZ TAVni m ,w,mp This warning is posted on the Med and Greene streets. {Educating | Revamped By Gregg Lasky 'A* New admission guidelines to IJSC's revamped teacher education program *111 he implemented soon, said John ttulhern, dean of IJSC's College of Education. fe Pending approval from the ComImission on Iiigher Education and the Hate Department of Education, jj|udcnts will be admitted this summer, ^ He said. J Until 1982, an education major took ftourses in Wardlaw College and received a degree from the education Lollege. Under the new system, a stufident wanting a teacher's certificate will 'htill take some courses at Wardlaw IHfl College, hut will be enrolled in and I receive their degree from the school of their major. The only real change in curricula is Cocky learns By Associated Press USC Gamecock mascot Cocky g stuffing knocked out of him Mondi break in the basketball game betwe< /\f C/\i it li ^nr/xllrtn an/I PlAnrma Qt 'il IV/I OUU11I v (IKMIIIII aiiu vitui^iu iJiai Swinging from a harness attach beams in the Carolina Coliseum as patented dunk shot, the Gamecc drawing a gasp from the 4,532 far The mascot was reportedly shal F^Tn! HAZARD % a ASSIGNED ft EQUIPMENT iMAIN IN AREA i/Aiin tuns*if I UUII IfVRH UIRES IT 4 IG ASBESTOS ' MAY BE llf JOSEPH GANNETT I The Gamecock lical Sciences Building at Sumter I teachers program awaits health education, where the Ih< undergraduate program lias been hours discontinued. It is now available only basic as a five-year master's program. elude This change steins from action by cours the board of trustees in 1983. A rccom- Ad mendation was made by IJSC I'resi- comp dent James Molderman that the Col- perfc lege of Education be eliminated in profe favor of a more advanced program mend under the direction of the College of forms Humanities and Social Sciences. Mil "At this time, there was a lot of con- been ccrn at the university about the quality the b< ol teacher education," Mulhern said. to elii i.. !?<- in Ill (III II* yt.CU>, LUUUUIUII 111 tl jors have had the second-lowest SAT Ih scores among college students. This mule new system was designed to improve hope: the quality of teachers which this stude school graduates," he said. ?ld s; ; some birds ca seriously hurt. The ide ot a little of the the Cocky costume ry night during a officials. sri the University I he Ciamecock is r te. Cocky learned. But a s ed to the metal in previous home gam he performed his >ck mascot fell, The team look up w is in attendance. a 90-66 win over Gcor ken up, but not third straight win. Substance banned Research s By W. C. Dawson Asbestos, a natural fibrous material, is used for fireproofing, insulation and making cement, asphalt, plastic and piping, and can cause cancer. Widespread use of asbestos led to e\tensi\e research about the effects of asbestos libers on w^^ers who install it and people are CXPQ!^ to it. _ KCSUUS MiOwcu cxpOV.i'c- to ns6cstii% the r^-malignani lung disease asM^osis, lung cancer and gastro intestinal cancel. Spraying the fibers in structures for fireproofing or insulation caused concern about public exposure to the substance. Approximately half of the sprayed asbestos was released into the atmosphere. The first recomendations for controlling asbestos were made in 1938 after a study ol four asbestos textile plants. In 1946, an unofficial organization called the American Conference ol Governmental Industrial Hygenists voluntarily formulated occupational health standards and limitations for asbestos. The recommendations of the AC'CHH were not given legal sanction until May 29, 1969. Their guidelines were incorporated in the Walsh-Healy Act, which only affected conditions on federal government job sites. This left many workers and much of the general public unprotected and still exposed to potentially dangerous asbestos dust. On Dec. 7, 1971, a temporary emergency standard covering the industrial use of asbestos was ordered by the labor secretary after a request by the \FL-C1(). On the same day, the Environmental Pro Greei approval : revised program requires I3X to graduate, 18 more than the baccalaureate degree and ins three required pre-profcssional j es. a mission to the program will he HBBHBS etitive. Selection will bo based on ?< >rmance in (he three pre ssional courses, teacher recom- ^ ^ ations, field experience and perante on a basic skills lest. | ; - ~ ilhern said the department has preparing for the transition since , ; iM 5ard of trustees made the decision 1 ;"*VV ruinate the college. |y^" ^.^V-; e university has not admitted iilffii? "^glfe rgraduate students in two years in s of avoiding the problem of a nts unable to graduate when the ystem is phased out. ft ? iV" ? ntity of the student who wears Slllftjlsffc ~ is kept a secret by athletic lot know for its flying skills, imilar routine had worked well es. here Cocky left off, soaring to Eleanor Jan gia State ? South Caolina's page 8* in 1977 hows asbestc Buildings requiring im Long-term remedies !?5k Business Administration ? I Removal from subdural steel; relocation probable, TO years in process. Icrete^cellhig ''relocation probable, 6 months in process. Cost: $1.2 million. Williams Brice Nursing School ? Removal of spray materials in lobby area; no relocation; 3 months in process. Cost: $250,000. Law Center ? Removal from structural steel; partial in-house relocations possible; 1.5 years in processs. Cost: $1 million. Physical Sciences Center ? Removal from structural steel; relocation as soon as possible; 3-5 years in proccss. Cost: $7.5 million. tg reopie on campus wno wouio iixe to Know j||j 777-5999 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for moi loci ion Agency proposed standards for con- i irol of asbestos in the air. e In 1973, the Department of Health, liduca- I lion and Welfare was petitioned to implement controls over the use of asbestos filters in c making foods ;ind drugs. Suggestions for con- i rttfillrt nnl'iiio mvi iivine iiaiivc vvi kins, Miss Black USC, 1984, crowns her succe is harmful mediate attention Quick remedies Flinn Hall ? USC maintenance will I rcmtpp pipe coverings. Require^alf a worl^lay. 1 pipe covering. Oneudkfs work/ ' 'V' ** ' . Drayton Hall ? Maintenance will provide interim mitigation measures pending removal of auditorium ceiling materials. Three days work. Neutron Generator ? Maintenance will remove pipe covering. One-fourth days work. Towers Complex ? Close a 1,200-square-foot room pending removal of sprayed asbestos ceiling materials. One-fourth days work. Sims Dorm ? Maintenance will remove pipe coverings. Two days work. j if their buildina is affected mav call re information. mmsmmmmm rols, pending further research, were publishd by the food and drugs commissioner in 973 and 1975. Stricter controls and increased public unrest >ver the asbestos issue led to the eventual hauling of the substance in December of 1977. ns pageant jBpSS i I. jjT?*"'"-^-^r-^? ::'-u,M^frp:P~:l ** ^*Vv {?? jr? :.'ft? '^S&i H hhJL JOSEPH GARNETT / Ttw Gamecock ssor, Linda Spearman. See related story,