2008 Woodie Awards
Construction, renovation transform campus facilities
Rachel Davis, Opinion Editor
Issue date: 8/27/07 Section: News
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The university gave face-lifts to several buildings on campus during summer break, including Sikes Hall, McGlothlin Campus Center and the Don H. Morris Center.
The renovation of Sikes cost the university about $2.6 million, said Bob Nevill, director of physical resources, and included removing the deteriorating windows, adding a new roof, bricking the building's exterior, expanding the rooms and creating new walls and ceilings and providing new floor coverings in the rooms.
"It's important to us to keep residence halls as fresh as we can," Nevill said. "Sikes' location was ideal for renovation because of its location. It really is changing the look and feel of the campus."
"It is quite a transformation," Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, said. He called the many campus projects capital improvements.
Weather throughout summer break caused a few problems in construction, but the bricking of Sikes was the hardest to complete, Nevill said.
"We had 63 days to work before students came back to campus, and half of those days it rained," Nevill said. "We had to work Saturdays and late into other days."
A larger food court is part of the Campus Center's renovation. The new Chick-fil-a, Pizza Hut and Quizno's Subs have replaced the ticket window, information desk and Hilton Room area.
Next summer, the university will renovate the rest of the building, including the Bean and the basement. Money said an additional facility to replace the Hilton Room may also be constructed.
Money plans for a science and technology facility could be in the works in the future, and the university holds a standing commitment to build a social science center.
Construction should begin soon on the Hunter Welcome Center, named after Bob and Shirley Hunter.
Nevill said the funding is almost completed and once it is finished, construction can begin.
No building can be built until sufficient funding is arranged, according to university policy.
The renovation of Sikes cost the university about $2.6 million, said Bob Nevill, director of physical resources, and included removing the deteriorating windows, adding a new roof, bricking the building's exterior, expanding the rooms and creating new walls and ceilings and providing new floor coverings in the rooms.
"It's important to us to keep residence halls as fresh as we can," Nevill said. "Sikes' location was ideal for renovation because of its location. It really is changing the look and feel of the campus."
"It is quite a transformation," Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, said. He called the many campus projects capital improvements.
Weather throughout summer break caused a few problems in construction, but the bricking of Sikes was the hardest to complete, Nevill said.
"We had 63 days to work before students came back to campus, and half of those days it rained," Nevill said. "We had to work Saturdays and late into other days."
A larger food court is part of the Campus Center's renovation. The new Chick-fil-a, Pizza Hut and Quizno's Subs have replaced the ticket window, information desk and Hilton Room area.
Next summer, the university will renovate the rest of the building, including the Bean and the basement. Money said an additional facility to replace the Hilton Room may also be constructed.
Money plans for a science and technology facility could be in the works in the future, and the university holds a standing commitment to build a social science center.
Construction should begin soon on the Hunter Welcome Center, named after Bob and Shirley Hunter.
Nevill said the funding is almost completed and once it is finished, construction can begin.
No building can be built until sufficient funding is arranged, according to university policy.
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