{"id":11195,"date":"2014-05-02T14:34:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T18:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=11195"},"modified":"2014-05-02T14:34:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T18:34:22","slug":"construction-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2014\/05\/construction-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction update"},"content":{"rendered":"

We celebrated the beginning of the 2013-14 academic year with two newly completed construction projects, the pedestrian mall in the heart of campus and the Metro Building, with its beautiful new exterior and new inside spaces for the Department of Health and Human Performance and the UTC television studio.\u00a0 The School of Nursing is also housed in Metro.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s next? Dr. Richard Brown, Executive Vice Chancellor, UTC Finance and Operations, gives us the details.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New housing<\/b><\/p>\n

In the first step toward additional housing for UTC students, the Tennessee State Building Commission has approved a new facility to be located at the site of the tennis courts and racquet center, between the McKenzie Arena and the Boling Apartments.\u00a0 For several years, student demand for housing has exceeded available space.<\/p>\n

The new facility will be one of the largest student housing construction projects in Tennessee.\u00a0 Designers from Knoxville, Atlanta, and Nashville have expressed interest\u2014by June, a designer is expected to be approved.<\/p>\n

Freshmen will live in this traditional style housing and have the added benefit of onsite dining. Living\/learning communities are planned to foster leadership abilities and to help students integrate more fully into the UTC community.\u00a0 It\u2019s another way UTC encourages student success.<\/p>\n

Within the next 12-18 months, demolition will begin.\u00a0 Occupancy is anticipated in fall semester 2017.<\/p>\n

State office buildings<\/b><\/p>\n

Brown calls UTC\u2019s acquisition of two state office buildings off McCallie Avenue \u201ctransformative\u201d for our University.\u00a0 The University will take occupancy of the buildings in fall semester 2014.<\/p>\n

In the short term the larger of the two structures will become transitional space.\u00a0\u00a0 With approval from the UT system, plans will move forward in summer semester 2015 to convert Holt Hall into a space exclusively dedicated to the Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences.\u00a0 During the renovation of Holt and the move to the new library, faculty, staff, and equipment will be temporarily moved to the state building.<\/p>\n

The building will also be used as transitional space when five campus buildings are taken offline:\u00a0 the Doctors\u2019 Building, Frist Hall, Southeast Center for the Arts, 739 McCallie (where the Ochs Center is housed), and the old Red Cross Building.<\/p>\n

In the distant future there are plans for demolition of the building, if approval is granted for a UTC health science or life science building.<\/p>\n

The James R. Mapp Building is also a part of the acquisition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a flexible space that could serve as another physical connection to downtown Chattanooga and serve as an anchor for the redevelopment of the MLK corridor,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n

Outreach and business services could also be housed there\u2014possibly executive education, Continuing Education, and a business development incubator.<\/p>\n

Both buildings offer a total of 650 new and much-needed parking spaces.\u00a0 These spaces are saving the University $18 million in parking construction costs.<\/p>\n

Libraries, new and current<\/b><\/p>\n

Our premier learning environment is coming together\u2014the new library is on schedule to open in spring semester 2015.<\/p>\n

Natural materials used in construction will help the new library in its effort to become Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design <\/em>(<\/em>LEED) certified.\u00a0 LEED officials recently completed a second site visited and discussed the underground cistern designed to collect condensate from mechanical systems and rainwater, to be used to feed outside grassy areas.\u00a0 Recycling stations will be available on each floor of the building.\u00a0 Open, inviting stairwells at the new library encourage walking from floor to floor.\u00a0 Did you know one ride on an elevator requires the same energy as it takes to charge your cell phone?\u00a0 It\u2019s something to consider the next time you\u2019ve got a choice to walk or ride.<\/p>\n

Floors one and two of the new facility are being painted.\u00a0 Carpet installation and wiring for technology are underway.<\/p>\n

Next door, progress continues on the new lecture hall featuring two large classes with more than 200 seats each.\u00a0 These spaces will be critical for use in general education courses.\u00a0 They will be equipped with the newest technology.<\/p>\n

After the new library opens, the Lupton Building will undergo renovation and capital improvements so that it becomes a site for outstanding instructional spaces.<\/p>\n

A new front for the building will expand usable space by approximately 15,000 square feet.\u00a0 This lower area could become a meeting space for student committees.\u00a0 The upper portion will house an innovative teaching environment, featuring integrative, interactive classrooms without walls. The flexible space could provide distance, online and in-class learning.<\/p>\n

College of Business<\/b><\/p>\n

Fletcher Hall will experience a repurposing and refreshing of the space formerly occupied by the Banner Office and the current student lounge.\u00a0 Construction is scheduled to begin in fall semester 2014, to create a home for advisement and student success for undergraduate and graduate students in the COB.<\/p>\n

There will also be places for students to gather and make connections, both with fellow students and with business faculty.<\/p>\n

This project is being funded with private donations.<\/p>\n

More green space<\/b><\/p>\n

With savings from the Cardiac Hill renovation, the new plaza next to Chamberlain Pavilion and the new library will become an active green space.\u00a0 This pedestrian-friendly and ADA compliant area will feature new lighting and wireless technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be a place for student artists to paint and maybe an area for vocal artists to perform.\u00a0 We are having a conversation with ARAMARK about vendors\u2014maybe pizza and ice cream carts.\u00a0 In the Master Plan, we described this area as the central core of the campus center.\u00a0 Students and alumni, faculty and staff, prospective students and their parents\u2014it will be the place for a photo op, it will not be a sacred space.\u00a0 Everyone will enjoy it,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

Oak Street, Vine Street<\/b><\/p>\n

In the next couple of years, the streetscapes of Oak and Vine will be addressed.\u00a0 Vine Street will not be reopened. \u00a0Brown and campus planners envision concrete pavers, more trees, and generally a more inviting hardscape created to further unify the campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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