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ISGEC Heavy Engineering consolidated net profit declines 40.65% in the March 2022 quarter – Business Standard
Sales decline 1.33% to Rs 1596.15 crore
For the full year,net profit declined 56.09% to Rs 108.82 crore in the year ended March 2022 as against Rs 247.85 crore during the previous year ended March 2021. Sales rose 1.36% to Rs 5499.34 crore in the year ended March 2022 as against Rs 5425.57 crore during the previous year ended March 2021.
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Delivery Boy, Who Worked At Ola, Zomato Swiggy, Becomes It Engineer In Bengaluru | Mint – Mint
An individual with determination cannot be defeated, and Shaik Abdul Sathar is proof of this! A young boy from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, who spent most of his college life delivering food and groceries to people, has now earned a job at an IT company.
In a Linkedin post, Sathar wrote about his arduous journey before becoming a software engineer. Son of a contract worker, Sathar started working as a delivery agent for companies like Ola, Zomato, and Swiggy to provide monetary support to his family.
"Ola, Swiggy, Uber, Rapido , Zomato...I was everywhere since my final year of college," he wrote.
One day, a friend of Sathar advised him to learn to code. Sathar followed his advice and enrolled himself in a course. Sathar did his delivery job from 6 PM to 12 AM, and during the day he used to focus on upskilling himself.
"I wanted to contribute financially as soon as I can. Because my father is a contract worker. So we only had just enough money to get by. I was very shy initially, but being a delivery boy I learned many things. One day, I got casual advice to learn coding. My friend told me about a course and insisted that I join it. I took his suggestion seriously and spent my mornings learning to code. From 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM, I did my deliveries," Sathar wrote.
One day, Sathar build a web application on his own and did a few other projects.
He then began applying for companies. Sathar said he learned communication skills through his part-time job as a delivery boy.
"Soon I was able to build web applications on my own.I did a few projects and started applying for companies. My delivery boy experience helped me build communication skills," he added.
Later Sathar also built coding skills at NxtWave. After that, he cracked the interview at Probe Information Services Pvt Ltd (Probe42) and became a software engineer.
Sathar says he is proud that he has come to a stage where he can clear his parents' debts with a few months' salaries.
According to Sathar's Linkedin profile, he is currently learning full-stack development with a specialization in 4.0 technologies. Sathar is equipped with JavaScript, Python, SQL, and Node.js. He did BTech in Civil engineering from Sai Ganapathi Engineering College from 2017 to 2020.
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When management went nuclear on an innocent software engineer – The Register
On Call Sure, you might use words like "boom" and "explode" when it comes to errors with your system. But could a whoopsie have the potential to render a chunk of a country uninhabitable? Welcome to On Call.
Our story comes from a reader Regomized as "Ellen" who spent the early part of the 1980s toiling away in the IT department of a company producing software responsible (in part) for running nuclear power stations.
A brand new system was in the process of being rolled out, which would keep track of which stations were online, how much power they could provide, and so on.
Commissioning was underway using a test rig connected to a new reactor under construction. "A team of Americans were in the building teaching the company's managers how to use their system," explained Ellen, "which was to sit on top of ours."
"They were providing the reactor control equipment that our system talked to."
It wasn't going well. Despite some lovely gear for the time (think a curved wooden desk with inset DEC Rainbow PCs in the control room and a bunch of VAX/VMS systems in a fail-safe cluster), there were problems getting the VAX to talk to the power station. The line was up, but there was no communication.
"Hair was being pulled out, time scales were collapsing, and I was getting white hair with stress," said Ellen, "not least because I was on a successful completion bonus."
As is so often the case, a seemingly inconsequential setting was changed and everything sprang to life. The equivalent of a ping was sent and the reactor responded: "Yes, I'm here."
"Strictly speaking, this was a reactor simulator," Ellen added, "a fact that will become important later."
However, for now, things were online, the software was working, and while there were only three days to plow through 10 days' worth of tests, the team at least had a fighting chance. Tests were set to execute sequentially overnight.
The Rainbow PC in the comms room would run them and dump the results to the printer. Ellen and co explained the approach to the site manager at the end of day meeting, which the Americans also attended. Another important point.
Yet despite the money-no-object approach, bizarrely there was no lock fitted to the computer room door. While nobody was supposed to touch the equipment, Ellen's team took no chances and stuck a cardboard box over the PC with the words "System Under Test DO NOT TOUCH" scrawled over it.
"It was now well around 10:30pm," she recalled, "so the team and I set off for our hotel, aiming to reconvene at the 8:30am Morning Meeting."
Sadly, The Call would come in a good few hours before that morning meeting. This being before the days of the ubiquitous mobile phone, Ellen had a pager which chirped urgently at 6am. She had to attend the site NOW!
When she arrived, the tension in the atmosphere was palpable. Something had gone terribly, terribly wrong. The manager of site was also in attendance, as was the biggest of all cheeses the Director of Power Generation.
"A sort of deathly silence fell over the room," she recalled, "the sort just before a public hanging takes place."
"Yes, I was nervous."
"It seemed that our software had experienced some sort of problem and as a result the reactor had gone offline, the control rods had slammed in, and it was now no more than an oversized kettle."
At this point we must remind readers that this was a simulator, not the real thing.
Had this been a real reactor, it would have taken months to recover, at a cost of millions of pounds.
And Ellen and her software were clearly to blame.
"No one could tell me what exactly what had happened. Just that it was my fault," she said.
Seeking to delay her execution, Ellen asked if she could review the output of the line printer to get an idea of what might have happened. The bosses agreed and gave her an hour's reprieve as she scuttled off to the comms room.
Upon entering the room (the one without a lock), she and the team were greeted by a scene of utter devastation. The box with the "Do Not Touch" lettering had been discarded. The test PC was in bits and the disk was missing entirely. The line printer had stopped mid-line when the PC had been attacked.
Alarming, but not something that would cause a reactor scram, just a delay in testing.
"I asked one of my team to connect the printer back to the VAX and dump the application logs for me," recalled Ellen. "He was told to bring them to me even if I was in a meeting especially if I was in what was going to be a stressful meeting, to say the least."
The investigation continued and got stranger still. The other Rainbow PCs were all up and running. They shouldn't have been Ellen's team had yet to commission them, merely setting them up for cable routing purposes. And yet there they were, humming away.
Ellen returned to the meeting with her findings. One of the US team was in attendance, and confessed to switching on the PCs.
"When asked why," said Ellen, "he responded that because us amateur-hour Brits were so far behind schedule he wanted to get started training the control room staff, so he wanted all the PCs booted and ready."
So how was this achieved? The media to boot up the PCs was locked up in Ellen's safe store ("the back of my car," she confessed).
No problem. The US tech had simply grabbed the disk from the PC running the testing and copied it to the other computers. "Obviously it worked because they are all up and running," he said.
Suddenly, everything became clear. Had Ellen a Poirot-style mustache, some serious twirling would have been called for.
The logs arrived and were handed over. Ellen pretended to study them, but already knew what the evidence was going to show.
Ellen: "So, you cloned the disk on to all the PCs..."
US Engineer (proudly): "Yes, and saved several days".
Ellen (looking at the log): "And you went to one PC and asked for a reactor status from the power station."
US Engineer: "Yes, but it didn't work your software is so full of bugs, it's total crap."
Ellen: "And when you cloned the disks, you changed the DECNet address on each PC?"
She, of course, knew that he hadn't. The log said as much.
US Engineer: "Err, no, what's that? Is it important?"
It was indeed.
The protocol used for communication was designed to avoid hacking. "There were multiple control commands," explained Ellen, "to eliminate any false commands that could, quite literally, cause a bomb to go off."
In this instance, all the PCs now had the same address, meaning that when communication was attempted (for example, a simple status request from the reactor), all manner of nonsense would bounce around the network. The reactor (or, to be clear, the simulation) software decided that something weird was happening and correctly triggered its safeties. In this case, an immediate shutdown.
An extended recovery time (had this been a real reactor) was of no consequence compared to safety in the face of what might be an attack.
"After explaining all this to the now-silent room," Ellen said, "I finished with telling the Director of Power Generation that it was not our fault."
"It was someone, mentioning no names, who had disassembled our equipment and had misused our software and hardware, all before we had handed it over. The system did exactly what it was supposed to."
"And whilst simulating a reactor scram was not part of the tests, we now knew it worked."
The US contractor did the equivalent of falling on his sword. Puce-faced, he left the room, was apparently fired the same day and packed on the next plane home.
Again, this was not a real reactor and Ellen knew that the team could get back online in a matter of hours. However, "I shamelessly lied through my teeth, told the assembled team it would take me at least two weeks to reassemble the equipment, recommission all of our test and control equipment, and that I was declaring force majeure as per the contract, but I would not report the damage back to my head office."
The room was filled with apologies and gratitude that she would not be taking the issue further and that there had been no unpleasantness. The time extension? No problem it was granted.
The team finished well ahead of time and bonuses were dispensed all round.
"And that," she said, "is how I was accused of nearly wiping [region redacted] off the map."
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FanDuel hires Andrew Sheh as new CTO to oversee engineering and platform development teams – Yogonet International
Sports betting giant FanDuel announced Tuesday theappointment of Andrew Shehas Chief Technology Officer. Sheh will be responsible for oversight of FanDuel Group's customer-facing engineering and platform development teams, as well as all IT architecture and personnel.
"FanDuel's consistent focus on technology that drives innovation has been the fuel to our industry-leading performance," said Amy Howe, President & Chief Executive Officer for FanDuel Group. "I am confident that Andrew has the experience and vision to help us continue to extend that advantage into the future."
Sheh brings over 20 years of experience driving technology strategies, leading large-scale organizations, and building globally scalable platforms. Sheh joins FanDuel Group most recently from Compass, a real estate technology brokerage firm that is building what a press release calls "the first modern enterprise real estate end-to-end platform for agents and their clients." At Compass, Sheh was responsible for a global engineering organization of over 500 engineers covering all data, search, AI/ML, video, digital ads, marketing tech, payments, and externalization efforts.
Before joining Compass, Andrew served as CTO of Remine; Global Innovation Tech and Product Director at CEB; Technical Lead at Palantir Technologies; and Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He received a Bachelor of Science and Master's Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a board member of SOSA and an active volunteer for United Way and Habitat for Humanity.
"There is no faster growing and more competitive space in tech than mobile gaming," Sheh said. "It is a sector that requires the most innovative solutions to differentiate FanDuel from the competition and I am excited to build FanDuel into the leading gaming platform in the world."
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Spring House, Floridas Only Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Private Home Is A True Feat Of Engineering – Only In Your State
You dont need to be a huge architectural fan to have heard the name Frank Lloyd Wright at least once in your lifetime. Wright was an American architect, designer, and educator who designed more than 1,000 structures over 70 years of work. With notable accomplishments like Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum, its hard not to be impressed by his innovation. However, there is only one private home in Florida that was designed by Wright throughout his career! The good news is you can still tour it! Come see why Spring House in Tallahassee is still a true feat of engineering.
Have you ever visited Spring House in Tallahassee before? What do you think about this historic feat of engineering in Florida? Share with us your thoughts in the comments section!
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Local head boy wins third place at International Science and Engineering Fair – News24
Curro Durbanville's head boy races to top of American Science Competition. Photo: Supplied/Dashayin Gilbert.
Dashayin Gilbert is rejoicing after winning a category award and $1 000 (about R15 700) in prize money at The Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Atlanta, USA earlier this month.
Competing against more than 1 750 scientists from 63 countries, CurroDurbanville's head boy, also known as Dash, won third place for his Formula One Aerodynamics project in the physics and astronomy category, under the mechanics subcategory.
Gilbert identified the most critical aerodynamic elements that help Formula One race cars improve lap times on high-speed circuits, and impressed the judges by including sustainable solutions.
His research into elements that contribute to the most drag is valuable to the motor and aviation industry because it helps to reduce carbon emissions.
Before competing in America, Gilbert's project was chosen by his school to compete in a national, and then an international, science fair held by Eskom.
The top seven projects, including Gilbert's and one by student Ra'ees de Witt from Curro Hermanus, were chosen to represent South Africa at the world's largest global high school competition.
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News24invited Gilbert for an interview to share what the win means to him, and his plans for the future.
The Durban-born teen said he was introduced to Formula One by his dad and that his love for the sport grew during a compulsory school project for physical science students. That passion inspired this prize-winning project, Gilbert said.
"For Formula One fans, the more involved and educated you become in the sport, the more and more exciting it becomes. So, everything I did for the project was enjoyable, and I thoroughly enjoyed the late nights."
He said:
Aerodynamic research takes up a lot of time. I started in December 2020, but if you're willing to work, it will always be enjoyable. If I had to name one difficulty, it would be removing the brands from the ads in all the images I included in my project as no branding is allowed at the expo.
"I am proud and honoured to have represented South Africa internationally, and I think the entire South African team is too," Gilbert said, adding: "I am happy that I am an example to younger students of what can be achieved internationally, and that isn't even the limit. There are still more awards to be won every year, and this expo served as a way for me to develop my knowledge of Formula One aerodynamics and learn as much as I could".
What was unique about this project?
Gilbert said his project was the only one that revolved around the motorsport industry, and most of the projects in his category were on astronomy and astrophysics.
He added that there special mention was made of the meticulous handling of the data received and the thorough explanation of his results and implications.
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"The judges were impressed with the level of my understanding of theoretical physics, which applies to aerodynamics," he said.
This responsible teenager shared that he planned to use his money to pay for next year's academic expenses.
"I have my full focus on my school work and university applications next year," Gilbertadded.
He also said that up to $75 000 (R1 172 746) in scholarships to universities and tertiary study institutions were handed over to the winners, along with offers of internships and summer research programs.
Gilbert says he plans to pursue a career in Formula One motorsport after completing an engineering degree - which is his first career goal.
"I have been awarded a full scholarship to study at Pretoria University, which I received at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists. If I study locally, I will choose to study mechanical engineering."
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"But if I study internationally, I will instead choose to study aerospace engineering, which focuses more on fluid dynamics. Hopefully, an international scholarship will allow me to fulfil these aspirations," Gilbert says.
He hopes to be part of the Formula One Team in the motorsport industry in the near future, even if it's just for an internship.
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Concrete excellence at the University of Birmingham’s School of Engineering – Premier Construction Magazine
The problem
BETOcare UK was first approached by Willmott Dixon in relation to its project at The University of Birmingham in July 2019 when a concrete sub-contractor has struggled to deliver the required standard of finish on an early part of the project; a concrete stair core in the basement.
Delays affecting the vehicles transporting the concrete to site, as well as poor compaction, caused a cold join to form within the core, which created a sub-standard aesthetic finish on the 50,000 section.
Understandably, it was a cause for concern among all those involved, not least Jack Brooker, Senior Building Manager, Willmott Dixon, who oversaw all of the exposed concrete features across the project: Exposed visual concrete was a crucial part of the overall architectural vision, centred around a four-storey atrium at the heart of the building, and there were extremely high specification requirements for the concrete finishes throughout.
One of the key aims, and part of the educational vision, was to expose the buildings frame in as many areas as possible columns, beams, atrium, stairs, bridge sections as well as specialist features. So it was critical that the look of the concrete was excellent. I think its fair to say that this was not the start that anyone had hoped for, particularly given that the building was set to be the home of some of the UKs leading engineering research talent for many years to come.
Potential remedies
Various options were considered to rectify the problem, and given the high standard of finish required, the drastic step of demolishing and re-casting the entire section over 400 square metres of concrete in total was one considered.
However, whilst this solution offered the possibility of improving on the finish during the second attempt, it presented the issue of significant delays at the very start of a 12 month project, not to mention the major environmental consequences of doing so.
As a result, Willmott Dixon decided to further explore some less common and more innovative alternatives to resolve the issue, and it was as a result of this work that BETOcare UK was consulted.
BETOcare UK Director James Lewis: When we first visited the site, there was, understandably, considerable concern. The finish of the section was poor and there was a very visible undulating line all along one concrete section. However, such issues are common problems, and I immediately knew it was one that we could easily remedy.
The initial consultation was followed by the BETOcare UK team undertaking a small test sample in situ to demonstrate what could be achieved, a process which took two days. No fewer than five Clerks of Work from the University reviewed the test sample, and together with the Willmott Dixon team, it was agreed that the BETOcare solution was the best way to resolve the issue.
Jack Brooker: There was an immediate sense of relief amongst the team. Wed found a solution that our client was not only happy, but delighted, with, but the BETOcare approach meant that we had negated the need to knock down a perfectly structurally sound core. The environmental as well as financial costs, delays and associated impacts of doing so would have been significant.
Sustainability is very much at the core of Willmott Dixons approach as a business (it has been a net zero / carbon neutral business since 2012) and has committed to all of its new buildings and major refurbishments being net zero operational carbon by 2030.
BETOcare UK arrives on site
Once the BETOcare approach had been agreed, it was then a case of waiting until the later stages of the project when the building was watertight to bring the BETOcare UK team in to work their magic. This also meant that all of the projects visual concrete work could be assessed and any additional issues included in BETOcares corrective work, if needed.
In the summer of 2020 work commenced on site.
The BETOcare approach enables the full range of common concrete imperfections to be corrected, from water damage and staining, to cold joints and faults, as well as post-construction damage or errors such mis-placed bolt holes. In addition to the original problem section of the basement core cold join, BETOcare addressed many of these common issues as part of its work on the project.
BETOcare UKs work on the project focused on using lime-based fillers and specialist colour-matching techniques combined with specialist craftsmanship and expertise. The approach was pioneered in Germany approximately 15 years ago and BETOcare UK is the only company to be licensed to use the approach and products in the UK, also undertaking work internationally.
Its growing reputation has led to its implementation in an increasing number of high-profile projects including Tate St Ives, award-winning Faylands House and the Investcorp Building at St Anthonys College at The University of Oxford.
Jack Brooker: The work with the BETOcare team was very collaborative and they were great to work with at a time when there was a lot of pressure to stick to schedule. For example, we had a very tight window to get the concrete work completed in the main atrium before the underfloor heating was installed, and only a few days use of the spider cherry picker required to enable the work. If there had been delays in BETOcare finishing the work, it would have had a significant knock-on effect.
There is a real art to the work they undertake, and they were extremely adept producing a very high quality finish, but also knowing when to stop, which is vital as concrete finishes tend to be a very subjective area.
The results
Overall, I would say that we saved a six-figure sum by using BETOcare to resolve the visual concrete issues we had with, and that doesnt include the financial costs that would have been associated with the considerable delays we would have seen with other, more traditional, resolutions to the problem says Jack Brooker, Senior Building Manager, Willmott Dixon.
The environmental benefits to using BETOcare were also important to Willmott Dixon, which had also used blended concrete mixes to help achieve BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) credits.
But perhaps most important of all, for a company that prides itself on the longevity of its relationships with clients, Willmott Dixon was also very keen that the completed work met the clients expectations. The finish of BETOcares work was outstanding, but ultimately as with any project, it is the client that decides what is and isnt acceptable, and the Universitys project manager was closely involved during every stage. He was very fair and reasonable, but his standards were high, and we knew that both the finish and the integrity of the work had to be high. Thankfully, he was delighted. Jack concludes.
The School of Engineering building project was Willmott Dixons sixth project for the University of Birmingham in four years.
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Engineering ways to make new parts, equipment in the field – Rowan Today
Since 2017, researchers from Rowan Universitys Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering and Drexel University have collaborated with Pittsburgh-based PPG and the U.S. Department of Defenses Army Research Laboratory to develop additive manufacturing technologies for military applications. The Department of Defense has awarded the collaborators an additional $999,981 in funding to continue research on 3D printing.
The research is led by principal investigator Joseph Stanzione, Ph.D., associate professor of chemical engineering in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering and the director of the Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Institute (AMMI), and principal investigator Giuseppe Palmese, Ph.D., the dean of the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering and the associate director of AMMI.
Stanzione, Palmese and collaborators will build on previous research focusing on 3D printing in military settings, specifically to develop new processes for 3D printing with polymers. The Army can use 3D printing to manufacture pieces of equipment in vehicles that are damaged in the field without needing to travel back to the base or wait for a new part to be shipped, for example. The research team is working to pinpoint the best ways to print these items and with materials that are sustainable and able to withstand extreme conditions.
The work that we've been doing is related to finding and developing materials that provide better performance characteristics so that the Army can use them in 3D-printing processes to make the parts that will be used in the field, Palmese said.
Polymers are lightweight materials typically used to manufacture everyday items like fiberglass, paints, and even toys. In this application, they will be used to create military-grade materials. Using polymers to 3D-print these items makes them lighter and more durable. The researchers are also looking into methods of 3D-printing optical lenses.
You can 3D-print advanced optical lenses not only for soldier wear but for other advanced systems, Stanzione said.
Other areas of research include developing self-healing materials. In the event a crack forms in a surface, resin within the item will react to seal the crack or puncture.
The multi-disciplinary research team includes post-doctoral students, graduate students and undergraduate students in specialties like chemical engineering and materials, and science engineering.
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An engineering study conducted on the former Pierson School and forwarded to the Town Council lists the propertys strengths and weaknesses and outlines its suitability for a variety of uses. The Town Council is now considering the next steps on the building, which has been empty since the end of the 2019 school year.
Last October, the Town Council approved an appropriation of $12,000 to be used for an engineering study that the town hopes will aid in finding a new use for the Pierson School.
Town Manager Karl Kilduff explained to the Harbor News that understanding what changesif anycould be made to the floor plan of the building will help the town make decisions about a future use.
In short, can other floor plans work in the space or can the school only accommodate the existing walls [that] delineated classrooms? It would be important for the council to understand the extent to which the building could have alternate uses, Kilduff said last fall.
The study was conducted in fall 2021 by the engineering firm DTC. A report was forwarded to the Town Council members in February.
The study delineates what can/cannot be done based on the capacity of the building to support certain uses. It also provides some estimates for the cost to rehab the building to serve another purpose. The information helps inform the decision-making process, Kilduff said this month.
The report will help inform the council and future discussions. Finalized costs for rehabilitation will depend on how the building is actually used. The report does not include an analysis of operating expenses that could be incurred if the town was the operator of the building for a given use. Those numbers would have to be compiled to give a complete picture, said Kilduff.
According to the report, the school is overall in good condition, but there were some concerns. The reported noted that in one of the classrooms there was a crack in the wall likely from a stress fracture, but that Based on overall conditions in this vicinity, we believe the condition is arrested and can be aesthetically repaired in-place.
Additionally, the report noted that there was evidence of water infiltration in the basement and in the library. The report states these conditions pose long-term concerns to the integrity of masonry materials. The report said that the affected bricks would need to be replaced.
The school is in a historic district and according to the report, historic preservation specifies that historic brick be replaced with a comparable brick, which can be expensive.
As for future uses where remodeling of the building was needed, the report considered three possibilities: library, a library and senior or community center, and residential.
The town gave those potential uses as they mirror some of the community discussions around the future of the building. Those types of uses are similar to how the building might be used whether to town retains ownership, leases it, or sells the site. So, there are a good point of reference for consideration, said Kilduff.
Library
The report estimated that a library would be about 28,000 square feet and occupy not more than two levels.
The main level is approximately 13,000 square feet so the library program would fit on the lower level and main floor, leaving the upper level open to other uses, the report stated.
Alternatively, the report said that a mezzanine in the gym could be built to support heavy bookshelves and would allow 20,000 square feet for alternative uses.
Library and Community Center
The second option considered in the report said that combining a library with a senior center or community center would allow for more of the building to be used.
Library book stacks require a floor capacity of 100 to 150 pounds per square feet, and, as mentioned, would be best suited for the lower floor of the building, the report said.
However, due to the height of the floors on the lower level the report said that its possible that a remodeling to allow for an open floor plan would reduce the potential space for a community center.
Maintaining the existing basketball court would involve conversion of offices to lockers and bathroom facilities, the report added.
Residential
The report said that converting the building into a residential use was structurally feasible, especially on the upper floors.
The geometry of the school lends itself to this use with the large size classrooms and high ceilings. The large windows provide sufficient openings for natural light for occupants, the report said.
Some of the space for hallways could event be added to the residential space since the hallways are excessively wide the report added.
Unfortunately, the report once again pointed put that since the building is on the historic registry, the cost of converting the building to rental properties was likely to be expensive.
The History
Finding a new use for the Pierson School has been a long process that has captured the attention of many Clinton residents. The Pierson School has been emptied for now close to three years but for more than 80 years previously it had been a part of the Clinton education community. In 2018 the Board of Education voted to close the school at the end of the 2019 school year. A facility needs study conducted by the school system found that closing the school was the prudent move in the face of declining enrollment and rising operational costs.
The biggest issue with finding a new use for the property has to do with the deed of the building. When the Morgan Fund Trustees sold the property to the town in 1953, a deed on the property from the sale stated that the premises must always be used for the education interests of the residents.
Since 2019, the town has been seeking a legal remedy, one that would lift the deed restriction. In March of 2022 the town council unanimously agreed to a resolution that would pay the Morgan Trust $75,670 to help remove the deed restriction.
The process we are working through involves making a payment to the trust in consideration of their original contribution to remove the deed restriction that was placed on the property by the trust. The trust and the town have agreed that $75,670 is a fair payment to the trust to remove the deed restriction, Kilduff said earlier in 2022.
The Connecticut Attorney Generals Office needs to approve the payment, but Kilduff said that since both the town and the trust are in agreement of the exchange, its hoped the state wont object.
The deed restrictions were discovered after the decision to close the school was made and the responsibility for caretaking of the school was transferred from the Board of Education to the town. In 2019, the town estimated the cy pres action to remove the restriction wouldnt take longer than 18 months. More than 33 months later, the action is still going on.
While some residents have voiced frustrations and accused the town of a lack of progress on the site, town leaders have pushed back on those claims. Town Council Chair Chris Aniskovich has pointed out more than once in the past that the council has discussed Pierson several times over the last two years, but due to the legal situation concerning the property those talks had to be done in executive session. Aniskovich has also made clear that Kilduff has spent significant time working toward a resolution on the property.
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