Interested to see how all the other universities in our conference are growing. I'll start it off with pictures of the construction new south village dinning hall, dorms, and lightrail going up on campus.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stakeyourc...065975485/


Also, some snow pictures from a few weeks back:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stakeyourc...929880533/

There are some great projects going up just off campus too. I'll try to snap some photos this weekend when I'm up there. Two apartment projects on 49 are very urban in design, a bike path is nearing completion that runs from E. Mallard Creek Church Rd, and light rail construction is starting to ramp up.

Still a long way to go to make the UCity area feel more like a city (and it may never happen), but at least there are some positives to look at.

MT has done a lot recently - I'm down in Miami so I'm not as up-to-date on it all, but I know they recently (last year) completed a huge new student union building and have been working on a giant modern science center. It all looks really nice.

(04-04-2014 08:08 AM)wh49er Wrote:  Interested to see how all the other universities in our conference are growing....

MT has finished several construction projects recently, but the main construction ongoing is the finishing touches to the $150 million dollar, 250,000 sq ft science bldg going up on the south central portion of the campus next to Walker Library here are a few links for that


Science Building Construction Updates

Science Building Fact Sheet

(04-04-2014 12:03 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 08:08 AM)wh49er Wrote:  Interested to see how all the other universities in our conference are growing....

MT has finished several construction projects recently, but the main construction ongoing is the finishing touches to the $150 million dollar, 250,000 sq ft science bldg going up on the south central portion of the campus next to Walker Library here are a few links for that


Science Building Construction Updates

Science Building Fact Sheet

Looks great. A science building in a similar price range is next on our funding request list, but I don't think a firm date has been set for its construction.

UNT is building a Union that is absurdly large and way more expensive than A&M's recent Union. We are under massive construction. People begrudgingly call UNT a "construction site that offers classes." It's bad.

(04-04-2014 12:12 PM)meangreener Wrote:  UNT is building a Union that is absurdly large and way more expensive than A&M's recent Union. We are under massive construction. People begrudgingly call UNT a "construction site that offers classes." It's bad.

Charlotte has been the same way since the early 2000's when I was there.

(04-04-2014 12:15 PM)wh49er Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 12:12 PM)meangreener Wrote:  UNT is building a Union that is absurdly large and way more expensive than A&M's recent Union. We are under massive construction. People begrudgingly call UNT a "construction site that offers classes." It's bad.

Charlotte has been the same way since the early 2000's when I was there.

It's been off and on. It's just frustrating because we have a really beautiful campus that gets marred by construction and ends up looking like crap.

ODU has been growing like crazy recently as well. Below is a link to current capital projects:

https://www.odu.edu/life/buildings/buildings/projects

(04-04-2014 12:12 PM)meangreener Wrote:  UNT is building a Union that is absurdly large and way more expensive than A&M's recent Union. We are under massive construction. People begrudgingly call UNT a "construction site that offers classes." It's bad.

Middle Tennessee just complete in the last year or so a 211,000 sq ft student union that $77 million of student fees built.

here is a video tour of it when it was getting ready to open.





simultaneously the new College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Bldg across lawn was finished and since then just across the street the new student services bldg has been completed and connected by pedestrian bridge and next to that one of the two new parking garages... some photos of the construction since completed...

The College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Bldg (two views)





This will give an idea of the size of the MT student union in this aerial construction photo:



this is the new student service bldg just opened connected by pedestrian bridge to the new student union...





another photo with one of the new parking garages in the background:

UAB is currently building two new freshman dorms and replacing its student center.



I barely recognize the campus from when I was a student.

Rice University

Current Project:
George R. Brown Tennis Complex -August completion date
The new facility will have 14 tennis courts, coaches’ offices, locker rooms, training and equipment rooms and covered spectator seating.





Recently completed:
Anderson Clarke Center for Continuing Studies


Post 2015 (depending on funding):
Klein Hall (School of Social Sciences, $25 million gift from Robert Klein)
Opera theater (lead gift from anonymous donor)
Moody Center for the Arts ($20 million gift from Moody Foundation)
Football facility
Soccer and track pavillion

Most of the construction has occurred over the last 6 years in conjunction with Rice's Centennial Celebration/Campaign:
2 residential colleges (McMurtry and Duncan)



Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center


James Turrell Skyspace


BioScience Research Collaborative


Brockman Hall for Physics


Seibel Servery


Tudor Fieldhouse and Youngkin Center

(04-04-2014 01:49 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Rice University

Current Project:
George R. Brown Tennis Complex -August completion date
The new facility will have 14 tennis courts, coaches’ offices, locker rooms, training and equipment rooms and covered spectator seating.





Recently completed:
Anderson Clarke Center for Continuing Studies


Post 2015 (depending on funding):
Klein Hall (School of Social Sciences, $25 million gift from Robert Klein)
Opera theater (lead gift from anonymous donor)
Moody Center for the Arts ($20 million gift from Moody Foundation)
Football facility
Soccer and track pavillion

Most of the construction has occurred over the last 6 years in conjunction with Rice's Centennial Celebration/Campaign:
2 residential colleges (McMurtry and Duncan)



Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center


James Turrell Skyspace


BioScience Research Collaborative


Brockman Hall for Physics


Seibel Servery


Tudor Fieldhouse and Youngkin Center

I'm in love with the Hermann Park area and Rice's campus.

We just replaced our port o pottys at our baseball stadium with a port o polly trailer. Yeah, be jealous.

Old Dominion is in the middle of unprecedented Capital Improvements and New Construction projects, estimated in excess of $400 million dollars, this doesn't include projects proposed from a new 10 year Master Plan that was recently completed. The future improvements our estimated to be between $300-$500 million in new projects (2025). ODU will add more than 1.2 million square feet of building space, as well as new student housing and parking on its Norfolk campus — all without expanding beyond present campus boundaries. ODU is also privately funding a new Basketball Practice Facility ($8 Million) to be completed in 2015 and our proposed $150,000,000 state of the art new football stadium, on the water, planed for 2017.

The new arts in the village project will feature a one of a kind outdoor Amphitheater for productions along side the new Arts building and Museum. The new Arts Center will house one of the largest art collections on the East Coast. This is a colabration between the Chrysler Family and the "Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries" at Old Dominion University.

As a part of ODU's College of Arts and Letters, the Gordon Art Galleries promotes the advancement of knowledge through research and scholarship in the arts and seeks to develop a respect for the dignity and worth of the individual. entrepreneurial research and collaboration, and initiatives that contribute nearly $1 billion to the economy.

ODU's focus on Research, ranks it behind UVA, Tech and MCV/VCU in research dollars in the State. Old Dominion has become one of Virginia's forward-focused research university and a Carnegie Classification has propelled our research entrepreneurial center into a new level. Recently ODU secured a partnership collaboration with NASA. The project collaboration is estimated in the millions, and will give Old Dominion a new avenue for research. The University has already made great strides in the areas of modeling and simulation, bioelectrics, maritime health and systems, nanotechnologies and alternative energies. With over 400 projects in progress at our 26 research centers, Old Dominion University is on the cutting-edge. ODU research teams generate $88 million in annual funding for research and ODU contributes nearly $2 billion annually to the regional economy. Combined with the Art initiatives and Research diversification Old Dominion accounts for nearly 3 billion dollars to the Regions economy. . Thanks for reading

ODU Arts in the Village and Amphitheater

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ODU's Engineering and Computational Sciences Building

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Goode Theatre Outside 2nd picture interior view


ODU's New Research Centers on Campus

Innovation Research Park

New Art Building



The Ted Constance Center "$40 million privately funded"

I have also linked a video for the Arts in the Village Project for ODU.

(04-04-2014 12:12 PM)meangreener Wrote:  UNT is building a Union that is absurdly large and way more expensive than A&M's recent Union. We are under massive construction. People begrudgingly call UNT a "construction site that offers classes." It's bad.

http://tamutimes.tamu.edu/2012/04/23/mem...0BULxDvgSx

Costs for the $125 million MSC renovation and expansion are largely being underwritten by student fees and gifts by former students, university officials note, with many of the donors present.

http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local...proved.ece

The maximum budget the UNT Board of Regents approved for the project is $128.4 million, which would come from auxiliary enterprise revenue and student fees.

(04-04-2014 12:12 PM)meangreener Wrote:  UNT is building a Union that is absurdly large and way more expensive than A&M's recent Union.

128.4 - 125 = 3.4 million

(04-04-2014 12:12 PM)meangreener Wrote:  way more expensive

I don't have time to put up any pics right now, however WKU has spent ~$700M in construction since 1998 and has another ~$200M on the drawing board.

UTEP's campus is growing by leaps and bounds.

http://onthemove.utep.edu/

Marshall University Arthur Weisberg Applied Engineering Building Concept



Marshall University Indoor Practice Facility



Vision Campaign Website: http://herdvision.com/

Marshal Ten Year Plan: http://www.marshall.edu/mplan/