May
09
2008
0
By MLSoC Admin
By Albert Raboteau
When building construction major Sheila Matarazzo wants to see how the complex network of drains, water lines and electrical wires are organized in a large structure, all she has to do is look up.
Unlike a traditional academic building, Bishop-Favrao Hall, which houses Virginia Tech’s building construction department and Meyers-Lawson School of Construction, has no drop ceiling. Exposed pipes, their purposes labeled, also run along many of the hall’s walls. While the interior might look unfinished to an uninformed observer, that is hardly the case.
