In the past three weeks, Laura Tuley has found it difficult to conduct a class in Monroe Hall.

While construction on Monroe Hall has been going on throughout the semester, Tuley, instructor of English, said, “It has been especially disruptive over the past three weeks.”

“At times it has been too noisy for us to hear one another,” Tuley said about teaching class in Monroe Hall.

Though Tuley said construction has been distracting to class activity lately, Tommy Raymond, director of construction and safety, said construction on Monroe Hall “is moving ahead full steam.”

“The exterior is coming together well. The punch windows are all in place on the Calhoun side,” Raymond said.

The construction team is meeting with a waterproofing expert as a “second pair of eyes,” Raymond said, to examine the windows and open areas of the building to ensure that, going into hurricane season, there are no set backs.

The Monroe Steering Committee, consisting of representatives from each department whose hub is in or will be in Monroe Hall in the future, met on April 17.

Bret Jacobs, vice provost for information technology and chief information officer, discussed the future of Nunemaker Hall regarding construction and renovation at the meeting.

“The flooring, seats and front of stage area will be experiencing the most construction, and reducing sound penetration” is the highest priority, Jacobs said.

Raymond concluded the meeting stating that by the end of July or beginning of August, the committee will have a concrete idea on the exact completion date of the construction on Monroe Hall. Phase I of Monroe Hall is scheduled to be completed by December 2014.

Regarding the interior effects of construction on the building, the stairwells inside the building are unusable, which means the bathrooms inside the stairwells are unusable as well.

Though Tuley said Chris Chambers, chairman of the English department, has “investigated alternative meeting sites” for classes within the department affected by construction, Tuley said she feels for the students affected by the construction.

“Given the cost of tuition, I feel especially bad for the students who are not getting adequate instruction in this environment,” Tuley said.

Taylor Denson can be reached at [email protected]

Aaren Gordon contributed to this report.