| Description of Project: | THIS PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 36,000 GSF (24,000 NASF) OF NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT SPACES, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR THE COLLEGE. THE ADDITION WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE FOR THE MPH PROGRAM, FACULTY OFFICES AND LABORATORIES, AND SOME SPACE FOR THE NEWLY CREATED CENTER ON HEALTH, AGING, AND DISABILITY. THE CONSTRUCTION COST HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT $9.9 MILLION (INCLUDING CONTINGENCIES AND ESCALATION) AT $240 PER GSF. FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT $2.2 MILLION WITH OWNERS COST TO COMPLETE AT $2.9 MILLION MAKING THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET $416 PER GROSS SQUARE FOOT. THE PROJECT WILL BE DELIVERED UTILIZING THE DESIGN / BID / BUILD PROCESS, AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WOULD BE SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER OF 2011. THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF HUFF HALL WHICH ANTICIPATED THAT A NORTH WING, SIMILAR TO THE SOUTH WING, WOULD EVENTUALLY BE BUILT TO COMPLETE THE BUILDING PER THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN. THE COLLEGE OF APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES RECENTLY COMPLETED A FACILITIES FEASIBILITY STUDY TO EXAMINE OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING ITS CRITICAL FACILITY NEEDS. ; THE COLLEGE OF APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN ITS EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. THIS GROWTH HAS PLACED CONSIDERABLE STRAIN ON THE COLLEGE'S PHYSICAL FACILITIES. A RECENT ARCHITECTURAL FEASIBILITY STUDY RECOMMENDS THAT A NORTH ADDITION TO HUFF HALL LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GREGORY DRIVE AND FOURTH STREET BE COMPLETED AS A FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THIS NEED. |