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Richland Chronicle 3/26/24
Richland Chronicle 3/26/24

Red River Hall shows progress

Saint Garcia
Staff Writer

Dallas College has been working on a project at Richland campus since breaking ground April 1. The Red River Hall building is starting to show life as the beams for the structure are finally being placed.

On March 10, a conference was held at what used to be a parking lot at Richland. According to an email sent to student media, it was announced that the Red River building would include 41 classrooms, additional conference rooms and a new cafe.

Red River Hall has taken a large space causing some students to park on the opposite side of the campus further away from certain classes.

Richland Campus student Alexis Nop said, “I feel like the building being added is a good thing because it could give us more outlets and resources that would benefit us but also, I wouldn’t have thought that Red River would be built where our parking lot is.”

She added that she now parks in Section C on the opposite side of campus and walks to Bonham Hall to go to class.

Austin Longacre, Richland’s assistant director of facilities management, said, “Inconveniences are unfortunately an inevitability when it comes to construction occurring on an occupied property, and the east side parking situation is a case in point. There is some good news in that regard, however. There is a new parking lot adjacent to the existing parking located between Kiowa and the road leading to the baseball field that will help alleviate some of the parking constraints on that side of campus.”

Longacre added that the parking lot would feature just under 200 spaces and will undergo stripping during Labor Day weekend. The parking lot [will be] available for use as the current schedule holds and the weather permits.

“So far, the project is progressing nicely and is still on schedule for completion by summer of 2023. If you were to go by the construction area today, you would notice the steel erection progress being made.”

“As with many construction projects now, there are supply chain factors that can affect the schedule, but the construction team is going a good job in identifying potential delays and suggesting alternative products or labor schedules to mitigate substantial delays down the road,” Longacre said.

As of Sept. 6, parking lot Y will be unavailable for use until the end of the Red River Hall construction, according to an email sent to employees by Dallas College.

People are asked to use parking lot ZZ, adjacent to Kiowa Hall or the west side of campus to mitigate any parking restrictions on the east side of campus.

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