Monday morning IVC factoids, some remarkable

Costly fubar

     1. ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION FUBAR. Irvine Valley President Glenn Roquemore and his office sent out two emails to the college community this morning.
     First, we learned that the big A400 building project ran into a fubar that will cause a significant delay in occupancy. According to Roquemore,

     Rain on 5/8/2015 and subsequent rain events identified water intrusion issues at numerous locations on the A400 project. District staff stopped work and requested a complete water intrusion report prior to further construction on the exterior envelope. After much negotiation, the contractor has indicated their decision to remove the exterior finishes and reinstall a new exterior system.
     Removal will include demolition of the brick and plaster walls leaving the exterior studs clean and ready to receive the new exterior façade and window system. The contractor will provide additional staffing to ensure quality control and a watertight system.

     The upshot: “the building will not be available in time for the Spring semester.”
     Gosh darnit.
     “District staff,” he writes, “would be in a position to provide an update at the end of July.” Well, since it’s already August, it’s hard to say quite what that means. Perhaps he means July, 2016. Could be.

Fubar after fubar

     2. NEW IVC DIRECTOR MOTHER OF DOG AND CAT. This morning, we also learned (in a forwarded Linda Fontanilla email) that a new Student Life director has been hired: Anissa “Cessa” Heard-Johnson.
     We get the usual biographical factoids. The email ends remarkably, however:

She resides in Paramount and is the mother of two daughters, one dog and one cat.

Glenn evidently devotes his best thinking to his ham radio hobby