TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Governor Rick Scott signed an education bill last month that puts additional limits on local school districts’ construction spending. The bill extends construction-spending caps per student from only state-funded projects to locally funded ones as well.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Harbor College Science Complex recently received a Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture Honor Award in the Architecture for a New Building category. The more than 73,000-square-foot, LEED Platinum science facility opened in August 2013 and houses the college’s Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Family & Consumer Studies programs.
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — To make way for the new $65 million Jacksonville High School and a $15.6 million elementary school planned for the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District, the district’s old middle school buildings will be demolished some time this summer.
NORTHFIELD, Ill. — Construction crews officially broke ground on a new 70,000-square-foot school for Sunset Ridge School District 29 in Northfield on April 14.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan (U-M) William L. Clements Library reopened on April 11 after a more than two-year, $17 million renovation and expansion. The project enhances accessibility and increases the use of the library’s collections for teaching and learning.
FINDLAY, Ohio — The new Center for Student Life and College of Business at the University of Findlay will marry academic space with recreational space in an effort to engage students on both an educational and personal level.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new $23 million building was held on March 31 near the construction site, marking the beginning of the 17-month construction project. Columbus, Ohio-based M+A Architects is serving as the architect on the project.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The (A4LE) is seeking entrants for the 2016 James D.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Work on the University of Indiana (IU) Assembly Hall in Bloomington, home to the university’s women’s and men’s basketball teams, recently entered its final stages.
IVINS, Utah — Construction begins this week on the Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Southern Utah, which will be the second campus for the Colorado-based medical school. It will also be Utah’s second medical school; University of Utah School of Medicine being the first.
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Silver Spring-based Education Market Association (EDmarket), a leading trade organization for the educational products marketplace, is seeking key school, college or university decision makers involved in the design, build, management or renovation of an educational facility to apply for an Educational Facility Grant for the EDspaces 2016 Conference & Expo. The conference and expo will take place in Cincinnati November 2-4, 2016.
