Horace Mann Renovation
The Horace Mann renovation will transform this building into a state-of-the-art facility for the majority of the Maguire Meservey College of Health and Human Services. It will include a new accessible campus-facing entrance, enhanced landscaping, and a new elevator. This comprehensive four-floor renovation will include classrooms, faculty and department administrative offices, student study spaces, and more specialized instructional spaces for the departments of nursing and occupational therapy.
Meier Hall Addition
The Meier Hall addition will bring seven new, high-intensity labs and support spaces for our biology, chemistry, and geological sciences programming. The addition plugs right into the existing building’s corridor network, eliminating the two “dead ends” of the existing structure. Through this project, a new entrance will be added along with a new elevator, and a new ramped connection that provides full ADA access into the courtyard, and an exciting green design feature that includes a cascading rain garden, which will help retain stormwater and reduce flooding.
North Campus Decarbonization Project
The North Campus decarbonization project is one of two in the state university system and will serve as a model for other campuses in the Commonwealth. This project includes a geo-thermal well field, new equipment to be located at the existing central utility plant, underground thermal distribution loops, and building tie-ins to three buildings on North Campus, Horace Mann, the Meier Hall addition, and the Berry Library. The geothermal wellfield installation of about 100 wells will occur under the faculty parking lot on College Drive. The work will also include the expansion of the parking lot to the university’s property line, a new underground storm drainage system, a solar panel canopy, and new paving and landscaping. The reconstruction is planned to be done in two phases to minimize parking impacts.