BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 24 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Merely say the word "construction" and one can almost hear the skull-rattling sound of jackhammers.
But when that work is being done to expand a veterinary hospital where the day-to-day work of saving animal lives will be ongoing, concerns about noise and dust are more than about personal convenience.
"First and foremost, this is an operating hospital," said Bryan Underwood, project executive for Roanoke-based BranchBuilds. "That brings its own set of challenges."
"You can't be cutting up concrete with dust migrating into a surgery room, where they're operating on an animal," Underwood said. "This cannot happen."
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