Missouri State鈥檚 $123 Million in Construction Projects on Track
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri State University’s (MSU) main Springfield campus is in various planning, design and construction phases for $123 million worth of construction projects.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri State University’s (MSU) main Springfield campus is in various planning, design and construction phases for $123 million worth of construction projects.
Like most school districts across the nation, the Santa Maria Joint High School District wanted to bring its high school up to 21st century standards — not only to provide a contemporary learning environment, but also to help improve maintenance and operations.
For schools and universities with already limited budgets, developing and implementing significant sustainability measures can seem daunting.
Deferred maintenance in K-12 schools has become a $271 billion problem, according to the 2016 State of our Schools: America’s K-12 Facilities report released by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, the 21st Century School Fund and the National Council on School Facilities.
TROY, Ala. — Troy University will soon be home to 200 life-sized Chinese terra cotta warrior statues from Shannxi, China.
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan University in Mt.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) is targeting a 2018 completion for its new $75 million chemistry biology building after breaking ground on May 5.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville (UofL) Foundation began construction on a new, 170,000-square-foot pediatric medical office building on July 18. An official groundbreaking ceremony for the project will be held later this fall, according to a statement.
Across the nation, school districts from big cities to outer suburbs face massive and growing needs for capital investment in their facilities. To varying degrees, they are recognizing and responding to these concerns by planning for bond issues, applying for state funding and developing facility master plans. Most districts are only partly aware, however, of the scale and complexity of the challenges they face in implementing these programs successfully.