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THE Seahawk/January 1 1, 2DD1 Construction plans set for UNCW’s portion of bond Heather Grady Staff Writer With the approval of the $3.1 billion bond issue by N.C. voters last Novem ber, UNC Wilmington has completed a detailed construction scheme and finance allotment plan for the university’s $108 million portion of the bond. One of the top priorities for the money is the creation of the Watson School of Education Building. The 80,500 square- foot building vk-iil allow UNCW to al most double the number of teachers that it currently graduates. Additionally, there will be much more program space and room for community outreach and sup port services in the new building. The University will receive nearly $9 million over the next year to begin construction on the building, which will reach a total cost of over $18.7 million. The remaining funds requested this year for the other two new buildings, the General Classroom building and the Fine Arts building, will be used solely for planning and designing the facilities. Approximately $2.1 million will be set aside for land acquisition in two ar eas. The first, the wooded corner lot be side Hurst Road and South College Road, is already property of the UNCW foundation. It was purchased by the UNCW Organizational Leadership Conference 2001 foundation when the state was not allot ting money for land acquisition. “Now we need to buy it back from the foundation so that it goes into the university directly for expansion,” said Mark Lanier, special assistant to the chancellor and the assistant secretary to the Board of Trustees. The second piece of land is located at Myrtle Grove and is to be used for further development of Marine Science facilities. The remainder of the money will cover electrical distribution and infra structure cost such as water, sewer and gas lines, as well as the expansion of- technology infrastructure. The cost will be evenly spread over the six-year pe riod, depending on the progress of the other structures. Over the next six years there will be approximately eight comprehensive building renovations including Kenan, King, Hoggard, Westside, Friday, James and Alderman Halls and Kenan Audito rium. Due to the in-depth level of planning involved and the complexities of se quencing the projects to offer enough physical space for student instruction, significant changes to the current project layout are unlikely, according to Lanier. “The real problem comes in with m $ I! Construction will soon be a common sight at UNCW witFthe passinq of the $3 billion bond referendum in November. eight renovation projects. You can’t re- ally renovate a building with people in it because you are doing the heating and air conditioning systems and so on—the real core of the building. You have to have space for people to move into while you renovate their building. So the se quencing was really critical,” Lanier said. To help alleviate some of the space problems caused by the construction, Lanier expects that a few temporary trail ers will be set up for use. “The project is probably the most complex project ever constructed on UNCW’s campus,” said Bob Fry, assis tant to the chancellor. “I think that the faculty committee has attempted to se quence the projects so there is a logical flow to the project.” Fry also chairs the subcommittee of facilities, which is comprised of repre sentatives throughout the university de partment divisions and administration. The committee is largely responsible for the planned building sequence and reno vations chosen in the project. The University Planning and Quality Counsel is responsible for developing strategies of implementation and moni toring progress on the project. The Board of Trustees will oversee approval of any major changes that may occur as the construction and renovation process takes place. “There’s a 90 percent chance that the project will stay the same just because of the sheer complexity of it,” said Pro vost John Cavanaugh, vice chancellor of academic affairs. BUILDING rTRADITION: January 13, 2001 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Warwick C©ntGr a Road9New Beninninn« To register, contact the Dean of Students Office (UU 209) or the Activities & Leadership Center (UU214). Conference registration fee is $10.00 per member and includes conference packet, keynote speaker, banquet, and certificate of attendance. Forfurther information, please contact the Activities & Leadership Cen ter at 962.3827 or check out www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/storgs. Sponsors: Greek Affairs Dean of Students Office, Activities & Leadership Center, Student Government Association Campus Recreation, and Division of Student Affairs. association, the event, This pubkation is »vailab!« in altefnaie tonnat upon teju« by cont».tng Campus and Leadprship thre p»w to UNCW
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