Where to Find Precious Metals when Colleges Replace or Update Older Buildings

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Written By Barry Lenson

You’ve heard that many colleges are having a hard time staying in business. They’re finding it difficult to enroll full classes of students. They’re also giving financial aid to most of the students they do accept. And some colleges have actually lowered the cost of their tuition.

Those facts don’t point to a bright future for many colleges and universities. But here’s a curious fact . . .

Even colleges that are in a financial crunch are building and replacing older buildings

When they are in financial straits, how can they possibly do that? The simple answer is that they are doing it because they have to. If they don’t have modern, bright facilities, colleges simply cannot attract students, who want the latest and the poshest buildings and systems in place at the colleges they choose to attend.

Even colleges that are having budgetary problems are tearing down old buildings or at the very least, updating older buildings to make them appeal to students and their families when they take those all-important campus tours.

Where Are Precious Metals Found at Colleges that Are Renovating or Replacing Buildings?

Here’s a quick review of the locations where you are most likely to find precious metals that were used in older heating, cooling, and other systems.

  • Admissions offices

  • Athletic facilities

  • Dormitories

  • Food courts and cafeterias

  • Libraries

  • Museums and art galleries

  • Outdoor lighting and security systems

  • Science buildings and laboratories

  • Stadiums

  • Student centers

  • Theaters and performing arts centers

What to Look for

You’ll find thermocouple wire in heating and air conditioning systems, older built-in electronic devices in video systems and laboratories, and all kinds of other goodies that contain gold scrap, silver scrap, and plenty of copper.

Speak with facilities managers in the administration of colleges near you and ask about renovation and building projects that are either planned or in progress. And when you collect scrap metal – especially as found in coils of discarded thermocouple wires that were used in old heating and air conditioning systems, give our precious metal recycling consultants a call at 800-426-2344.

A college’s discarded material can put money in your pocket. Call us today to find out how.

Barry Lenson
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