Construction and renovations in McDonald residence hall has caused problems for University students.

McDonald is being renovated under a $10 million grant renovation project, said Sarah Waters, director of Residence Life.

“As part of that there is significant work being done on the east wing,” Waters said. “The existing east wing is where the front desk will be relocated so they are working on that right now.”

The built-in furniture will be taken out and replaced, there will be an electrical upgrade and upgraded bathrooms, lounges and administrative offices, Waters said.

Construction is only being done to the east wing until the summer; however, it is causing problems for students, she said.

“I know [the construction] does impact the students,” Waters said. “I know that it hasn’t made the students always happy so we have worked with the contractors to negotiate a later start time than the typical construction start time, which is usually somewhere between six and 6:30 a.m.”

The start time is now 8 a.m., she said.

“We knew that 8 a.m. would still not be late enough for some college students and their schedules,” Waters said. “But we worked with them to minimize the start time.”

University students and residents of McDonald residence hall have opposing views on the construction start time.

Joel Rider, freshman, said the construction is annoying in the morning, but he doesn’t have trouble sleeping or studying because of it.

“It’s the perfect alarm clock,” Rider said.

William Murphy, sophomore, also said he doesn’t have trouble sleeping or studying due to the construction.

However, students like freshmen Carl Koster and David Kellermeyer both said they have trouble sleeping and studying because of the construction.

Koster said a good start time would be 11 a.m. instead of the 8 a.m. time that was negotiated.

“It’s too loud in the morning,” Koster said.

Kellermeyer said that 10 a.m. would work better.

Taylor Collins, sophomore, said that the construction is too loud and done too early.

“I have trouble staying asleep in the morning because of it,” Collins said.

Waters said she has received complaints; however, it’s been a week since the last complaint.

“We’ve received complaints into the office and when we received those about the construction start time, we pass those the along and address those with the contractor,” Waters said. “We take those [complaints] seriously in order to try to follow up to minimize that stress for the students.”

When trying to resolve the issues, they take it up with the contractors, she said.

“The resolution goes back to the contractor through the construction project we enter and it is unacceptable and it needs to stop,” Waters said. “It’s a violation of their agreement with us when they start early and so we take that very seriously.”

The renovations are expected to be finished August 2013, she said.

“As soon as school is out the rest of the building will get gutted and get taken care of over a busy, fast summer so that, for August of 2013, McDonald will be completely renovated and ready for students,” Waters said.