The 8-year-old Lerner Health and Wellness Center will undergo several small maintenance projects between Aug. 22 and Aug. 28, when the facility will be closed to all patrons.
Director of the Health and Wellness Center Andre Julien said the lockers in the men’s and women’s locker rooms will be repainted and repaired. Fitness equipment will be reorganized and moved into new areas, too, and some repairs will be made to the equipment and flooring in the fitness center. Additionally, some new cardio equipment will be added.
“These are upgrades that typically happen in a facility like this once a year. It hasn’t happened here yet since it is only 8 years old. The easiest way is to shut down,” Julien said.
Usage reports from the past several years showed the final week of August would have the least impact on Health and Wellness Center members, Julien said. The facility will reopen on Aug. 29.
Julien would not comment on whether any maintenance projects will be done to correct the effects of the chlorine spill that occurred last month, but he did say the building had plans for these upgrades well in advance of the chlorine spill on July 22.
GW’s Office of Risk Management could not be reached for comment.
