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Auburn University OKs Largest Scoreboard

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn University sports fans won’t be able to ignore the scoreboard come football season this fall. The university’s Board of Trustees recently approved construction of a 200-foot-wide scoreboard—the biggest in college football.

The scoreboard will cost an estimated $13.9 million to build and will measure 200-feet wide by 105-feet tall. The video board will take up roughly 10,830 square feet, more than Texas A&M’s recently installed 7,661-square-foot video board, currently the largest in college football.

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EDexpo 2015 Begins Feb. 22

ATLANTA — will kick off on Saturday, Feb. 22 and run through Tuesday, Feb. 24. The annual event serves as a showcase for the latest innovations covering every facet of learning, from instructional materials, teaching aids and technology products to educational games, toys and supplies. The event will take place in Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center.

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UTSA Opens Teaching Lab for Construction Science

SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Construction Science (part of the College of Architecture, Construction and Planning) opened a new multipurpose teaching and research facility, funded by a donation from locally based Bartlett Cocke General Contractors. The new Bartlett Cocke General Contractors Teaching and Research Laboratory will give students the tools to learn virtual design and construction techniques in a classroom setting.

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SIA Presents School Security Technology to Congress

WASHINGTON — The Security Industry Association (SIA) recently presented its newest school safety technology recommendations to the National School Boards Association (NSBA) Advocacy Institute in Washington, where more than 800 school board members gathered to discuss advocating for school issues.

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Michigan OKs Biomedical Research Facility Construction

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan State University (MSU) Board of Trustees approved the construction of the Grand Rapids Research Center, a biomedical research facility, on Feb. 6. The board also approved a project budget of $85 million, even though the Grand Rapids Brownfield Redevelopment Authority has estimated that the building will cost $88.1 million, reported .

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Coastal Washington School Preps for Potential Tsunami

WESTPORT, Wash. — Ocosta Elementary School in Westport, Wash. recently announced plans to construct a building capable of withstanding a potential tsunami. The school, located in Grays Harbor County and situated less than a mile from the Pacific coast, broke ground in January on a new gymnasium with a durable, reinforced roof that will allow the structure to serve as a tsunami refuge. The building is the first of its kind in both the United States and in North America.

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Major Baltimore City School Project Underway

BALTIMORE — Ever since the passage of the $1 billion Baltimore City School Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013 (HB 860) in April 2013, plans for new school construction and renovation projects in Baltimore have been well underway. As of September 2014, 11 school buildings were identified as moving toward the design phase, promising new or renovated facilities for almost 8,000 students.

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