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Office of the President

Fall 2024 Campus Planning

Adding and expanding facilities on a college campus is about more than just growth—it represents expansion in areas of study in which 91´óÉñ particularly excels. Expansion to solve complex problems that improve the social good. And expansion to develop the cutting-edge knowledge needed to supply a skilled regional workforce.Ìý

Numerous improvements to our campus buildings are underway or have been recently completed. Here is a brief update.Ìý

Applied Engineering Building (Currently in construction)Ìý

  • Estimated completion: summer 2025
  • Total project cost: $74.8 million including cost for the building, demolition of Voorhies, infrastructure, site improvements, and surrounding pedestrian and vehicular circulation
  • Companion piece to the School of Concrete and Construction Management Building, with shared common working yard for student projects
  • 89,000-square-foot building to serve as new home for the Engineering Technology and Mechatronics Engineering programs and provide space for future engineering programs
  • Designer: Wold Architects and Engineers (Brentwood)
  • Contractor: Denark Construction Inc.

Student-Athlete Performance Center (Currently in construction)Ìý

  • Estimated completion: summer 2025
  • Total project cost: $66 million
  • Comprises the first stage of development to the northwest corner of the 91´óÉñ campus envisioned in the 91´óÉñ Athletics Master Plan
  • Small section of outdoor loge seating to be added to the north end of Floyd Stadium
  • 75,000-square-foot facility to include training spaces, strength and conditioning rooms, locker rooms, meeting space, and offices that serve 91´óÉñ Athletics and student-athletes
  • Design: GMC
  • Contractor: The Parent Company

ÌýÌýRenovations to Kirksey Old Main and Rutledge Hall (Currently renovating)Ìý

  • Completed E.W. Midgett Building demolition to make way for a new back entry into KOM
  • Estimated completion: summer 2026
  • Total project cost: $54.3 million, including cost for demolition of Midgett Building, renovations to both KOM and Rutledge Hall, infrastructure, site improvements, and pedestrian and vehicular parking
  • Rutledge to be converted from a residence hall into an office/classroom building to house University College/University Studies
  • Math, Computer Science, Data Science, and Actuarial Science to return to KOM
  • Renovations to include major changes to HVAC, plumbing, data/IT, and electrical systems; re-planning of building layouts to accommodate future use; accessibility improvements; window replacement; and exterior building improvement
  • Small additions on both buildings to allow for new entries and vertical circulation
  • Designer: Anecdote Architectural ExperiencesÌý
  • Contractor: Messer Construction

Aerospace Project–ShelbyvilleÌý

Design phase completed winter 2024Ìý

  • Estimated completion: fall 2027
  • Total project cost: $62.2 million
  • Estimated construction cost: $50.2 million
  • Includes facilities for the Professional Pilot concentration

–Ìý 50,000-square-foot net space for main academic building(s), including classroom, dispatch, faculty and staff offices, flight briefingÌý

–Ìý 28,000-square-foot hangar to maintain Professional Pilot aircraft fleetÌý

–Ìý Site and utility improvements for 16-acre parcelÌý

  • Site located along Highway 231 and just west of the Shelbyville Municipal Airport
  • Designer: TMPartners PLLC
  • Construction Contractor: Hoar Construction LLC

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