Feb. 25, 2002 – In response to complaints by Charles Harwood Complex workers as well as neighbors about dust and noise, demolition crews will work only from 4 to 10 p.m. instead of around the clock on the renovations at the Christiansted complex.
And trash will be hauled away in the morning before Health Department workers arrive for the day.
Department spokesman Lee Vanterpool said Monday that the demolition of two wings of the building should be finished shortly. After that, crews will move on to the next stage of work in Phase 1 of the three-phase project.
In response to complaints by Harwood Complex workers about dust, maintenance staff cleaned air-conditioning ducts and nurses are using air purifiers, Health Commissioner Mavis Matthew said in a press release issued Friday.
"When complaints were received, they were addressed," Vanterpool said.
The demolition project by Roy Construction Co., which began Feb. 13, has had several snafus. Matthew said that trash removal was stalled at one point because the Anguilla landfill closed for the weekend. Additionally, a water main at the complex ruptured.
Phase 1 of the project must be finished by June or the Health Department will lose funding from the federal Interior Department, which Mathew said provides most of the money for the project. The cost of the project has not been made public.
Once the demolition work wraps up, renovation work on the second floor of the main building will get under way. That work will include a new roof and fascia, gutters and downspouts. That part of the project is still out to bid.
Phase 2 consists of renovation of the first and third floors of the main building and the first floor of the annex. Phase 3 consists of exterior work, sidewalks, paving, parking, lighting and security fencing.
