Tufts plans to completely rebuild all of the common-area bathrooms in West and Metcalf Halls this summer as part of a larger program of campus renovations.
The renovations will begin directly after commencement, when there will be a "demolition of all the common-area toilets," Vice President for Operations John Roberto said.
Tufts will install "new lights, ceilings, toilet fixtures, toilet partitions, flooring material [and] showers," Roberto said.
"This is part of a multi-year program to renovate the bathrooms," Roberto said. West and Metcalf represent the first in a list of halls that will receive bathroom overhauls in the coming years. The renovations should be complete before students return for the fall semester, Roberto said.
Roberto said that the programs that are active on campus over the summer, such as Summer School and the Conference Bureau, have been notified of the planned construction and have planned their use of the buildings accordingly.
Roberto said that Metcalf and West housed the bathrooms most in need of renovations.
Plans are not yet set for which bathrooms will be renovated after Metcalf and West. "I don't have ... what's planned for the following summer, but this is first of a multi-year plan to renovate the toilets in all of the major residence halls," Roberto said.
He said that upcoming renovations to Tufts' athletic facilities and the new lab building are still distant.
"We're not starting construction on either of those buildings [this summer]," Roberto said. "We're a ways off from construction."
