| Description of Project: | THE INTENT OF PHASE E, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RESIDENCE HALL NO.2 ON IKENBERRY COMMONS, IS TO OFFER MORE SPACE AND PRIVACY TO RETURNING SECOND YEAR AND UPPER CLASS STUDENTS. THIS NEW LEED SILVER BUILDING, WHICH WOULD OFFER APPROXIMATELY 450 SUITES OR SEMI-SUITES CONFIGURED ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATHROOM OPTIONS, FLOOR LOUNGES, PUBLIC MEETING SPACES, PROFESSIONAL STAFF APARTMENTS, LAUNDRY AND MAILROOM FACILITIES, AND APPROPRIATE STORAGE AND STAFF OFFICES WOULD NEED TO BE AT LEAST A 180,000 S.F. BUILDING. THE EXTERIOR DESIGN OF THIS NEW RESIDENCE HALL IS TO REFLECT THAT OF PHASE A, RESIDENCE HALL, WITH SIMILAR PORPORTIONS OF BRICK, STONE TRIM AND GLAZING SCALED TO A FOUR OR FIVE STORY BUILDING. ALL SITE RELATED WORK SUCH AS UTILITES, STORM-WATER AND LANDSCAPING ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT. ; WITH DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY IN THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST QUANDRANTS OF IKENBERRY COMMONS, HOUSING'S INTENT TO DEVELOP THE ENTIRE SITE IS REPRESENTED BY PREPARING TO BUILD NEW RESIDENCE HALLS IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT. THIS PHASE, PHASE G, DEMOLITION OF FORBES HALL, SETS THE GROUNDWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT QUADRANT. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND BUILDING OF THE "SIX PACK" THAT IS BEING PLANNED FOR DEMOLITION, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS GARNER HALL. ; HOUSING WOULD LIKE TO THE PSC TO PLAN (CONCEPTUALIZATION), DESIGN, ADMINISTER AND DEVELOP BID DOCUMENTS. WITH PHASE G, THE FIRST PROJECT OUT OF SYNC WITH BOOTH HANSEN'S PHASING PLAN FOR IKENBERRY COMMONS, THE PSC WILL BE ASKED TO CONFIRM THE REMAINING PHASES OF WORK. |