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What's not so clear is the cause of the difficulties, which first showed up over a year ago and which continue to worsen as consultants test for a solution. President Horner is now awaiting the results of the tests before deciding whether to open portions of the gym--such as the main court area--that are still in playing condition...
Until the report is completed--"within the next several weeks." Horner says--disappointed Quad residents must search for alternatives to the convenient facility, which houses the only two racquetball courts at Harvard, as well as four squash courts, weightlifting equipment, and a 14,000-sq-ft. multipurpose floor, adaptable to tennis, volleyball and basketball...
...Horner said last week, a preliminary geophysical survey concluded that the Q-Rac's problems "are not related to the water table of Cambridge," and that the decision to place the building below ground--which itself was forced by community opposition to any a large buildings in the area--was not the cause of the problems. Instead, the survey reported, the water that somehow leaked into the building was surface moisture accumulated from rain and snow...
...willing to take--or place--the blame for the problems before the completion of the report by Thompson and Lichtner Co., the Boston consulting firm hired by Radcliffe last spring. But Horner insisted last week that "nobody has been remiss in judgment" regarding the leakage problems...
...Horner said she will receive a final report on the testing within the next few weeks. At that time. Horner added, she will decide whether to open portions of the gyure including the main basketball and volleyball courts--that are damaged less severely than the Q-Rac's seven squash courts, where the floors have reportedly buckled...