MILWAUKEE — The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh celebrated the opening of the university’s newly renovated Clow Social Science Center — home to the College of Nursing and College of Letters and Science — during a dedication ceremony held May 13.
EASTON, Mass. — The Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex at Stonehill College in Easton received a Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) Project Achievement Award in the New Construction category on April 19.
ROCHESTER, Mich. — In April, the Oakland University Board of Trustees approved schematic designs of the new Southern Student Housing Complex project in Rochester. Construction is scheduled to be completed in August 2018, according to .
ORLANDO, Fla. — Construction crews recently broke ground on a new first-of-its-kind pre-kindergarten-8 school for Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) in the Parramore neighborhood of downtown Orlando.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Governor Rick Scott signed an education bill last month that puts additional limits on local school districts’ construction spending. The bill extends construction-spending caps per student from only state-funded projects to locally funded ones as well.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Harbor College Science Complex recently received a Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture Honor Award in the Architecture for a New Building category. The more than 73,000-square-foot, LEED Platinum science facility opened in August 2013 and houses the college’s Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Family & Consumer Studies programs.
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — To make way for the new $65 million Jacksonville High School and a $15.6 million elementary school planned for the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District, the district’s old middle school buildings will be demolished some time this summer.
NORTHFIELD, Ill. — Construction crews officially broke ground on a new 70,000-square-foot school for Sunset Ridge School District 29 in Northfield on April 14.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan (U-M) William L. Clements Library reopened on April 11 after a more than two-year, $17 million renovation and expansion. The project enhances accessibility and increases the use of the library’s collections for teaching and learning.
FINDLAY, Ohio — The new Center for Student Life and College of Business at the University of Findlay will marry academic space with recreational space in an effort to engage students on both an educational and personal level.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new $23 million building was held on March 31 near the construction site, marking the beginning of the 17-month construction project. Columbus, Ohio-based M+A Architects is serving as the architect on the project.
