CHICAGO — The Chicago Building Congress (CBC) and Construction Owners Association of America (COAA) International recently recognized the DePaul University Theatre School in Chicago, Ill. 2014 with a CBC/COAA Owners’ Choice Award.
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Washburn University Board of Regents moved even closer to breaking ground on a new 350-bed student residence on June 11 when they approved the hiring of HTK Architects of Topeka and KwK Architects of St. Louis. The two firms are now tasked with preparing architectural drawings for a new student housing and dining facility to be built on the east side of campus.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan is helping bring a future of networked and driver-less cars closer to reality with its soon to be completed Mobility Transformation Facility (MTF). This 32-acre vehicle test complex will open on the university’s North Campus in fall 2014. University representatives and industry members of the school’s Mobility Transformation Center (MTC) held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the facility in May.
WEST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University marked a significant construction milestone in mid May with the topping off of the Graduate School of Education’s (HGSE) Longfellow Hall renovation.
BOULDER, Colo. — After a record-breaking year of private donations, the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) broke ground on a $143 million athletics facility expansion on May 12. The project will include several new athletics buildings and upgrades to the university’s Folsom Field.
SAN MARCOS, Calif. — California State University San Marcos officially welcomed students to its new University Student Union (USU) on April 15, marking the end of a nearly two-year construction process.
AMES, Iowa — The Opus Group has announced plans to construct a six-story residential and retail complex near the Iowa State University campus. The facility, known as The Foundry, will feature 53 units and 144 bedrooms with 7,500 square feet of ground-level retail space.
MACOMB, Ill. — On April 23 Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced the release of $60 million for the construction of a new 130,000-square-foot performing arts center on the Western Illinois University campus.
HONOLULU — On April 19, the University of Hawaii Information Technology Center (UH ITC), along with project architect dck Pacific Construction, LLC, received the General Contractors Association of Hawaii’s (GCA) highest recognition. The UH ITC facility won first place in the Excellence in Building Construction category for projects valued at more than $40 million. The UH ITC building also received the Grand Award, which, according to a release issued by the university, is chosen from all submissions, and is considered the “best of the best” as voted by the judges.
