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Academic
Classrooms - across campus will
see new seating to better address the needs of students, to be more
functional and to remove the 1950's look of the classroom.
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Askanase
Hall - will have new stage
lighting and panels and building electric service installed to address some
safety issues.
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Bentson
Bunker Fieldhouse - large gym
windows on the east and west side will be replaced; roof drains will be
re-configured to eliminate freeze/thaw leaks with tie-in to storm sewer;
lighting will be enhanced and fresh paint; scheduled completion is end of
August.
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Dakota Plaza
(east of Engineering Tech) - will
see some renovation work; a student project from spring semester identified
some good ideas to make the plaza more useable and attractive; this will be
a multi-phase effort.
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EML 161
- will be renovated to accommodate an expanded day care that is located in
the lower level of EML; project is scheduled for completion near the end of
June.
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FLC
- north wall of the auditorium will be excavated to provide better
foundation support; last year structural cracks were identified in the
auditorium walls.
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Greenhouse
for Trans-genic Research - will
begin the design process shortly; final location has not been determined,
but it will be west of 18th Street and south of the Safety Office; ground
breaking is anticipated for spring 2008.
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Grounds/landscaping - will
continue to be a focus; the hanging baskets will continue to expand; the
football practice field be rejuvenated.
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Living
Learning Center West -
construction will start shortly it is located on the east side of 18th
Street and will complement the existing Living Learning Center; scheduled
for completion July 2008.
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Lincoln
Mutual Building - design
continues; this renovation will accommodate the re-location of Architecture
and Landscape Architecture to downtown; a construction start has not been
identified.
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Memorial
Union - addition/renovation
project continues (its been two years so far) with completion of the second
floor meeting rooms and west entrance scheduled for the end of May; most of
the remaining work will be complete before the beginning of fall semester
(2007) and this includes the Group Decision Center, but there will be some
remaining work to be accomplished later in the fall; the new Bison
Connection is expected to open in October.
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Music
Education and Research II - will
have new exterior signage installed to better identify the buildings and
arrival to the NDSU campus for our guests.
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Pioneer
Mutual Building - will begin
renovation in June for the College of Business and Agribusiness and Applied
Economics; completion is schedule for January or July 2009.
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Parking Lots
- construction will take place in T2, HR-east and Visitor/Pay; these efforts
will start May 14th and the lots will be closed; HR-east will be complete by
July 10th to accommodate the Northern League All-star game which is being
hosted by the Red Hawks this year; the other lots will be complete in
mid-August; there will be changes to the Visitor/Pay Lot with details coming
later in the summer.
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Residence
Dining Center - will have a new
sanitary sewer service (both internal and external) installed on the north
end of the building.
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Roofs
- will be replaced on seven buildings; the work has already started on
Auxiliary Building; the others are Architecture, Bison Sports Arena, Dolve,
Dunbar, Stevens and Waldron; some will be complete before fall semester
begins.
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Severinson
and Thompson - will have a fire
suppression system installed as a phase I effort to provide better
protection in the high rises.
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Stockbridge
- roof replacement which started last fall will be completed early in the
summer.
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17th Ave
North - will be replaced from
University Drive to Albrecht Blvd; it will include new water, natural gas
and sewer lines, curb/gutter, street lighting, road surface and sidewalks (
in addition, the sidewalk on the south side of the street will extend from
Albrecht Blvd. to 18th Street to connect to the bike/pedestrian trail
installed a couple of years ago by the City of Fargo); the work will start
May 14th and be complete early August; accommodations will be made for the
Fargo Marathon, Rib Fest, USA Wrestling and other events that will be taking
place this summer at BSA and FargoDome.
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Sudro 21 and
22 - will be re-configured to
provide better line of site and seating for the occupants.
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Sudro 24 and
27 - will have the seating
modified to better accommodate occupants.
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Wellness
Center - addition will be complete
in June and renovation of the existing locker rooms to accommodate an
expanded day care facility will start with completion expected by the end of
August.
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West Dining
Center - chiller replacement will
start shortly; the new chiller will be located south of Seim Hall.
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12th Ave. N.
- As a reminder, the 12th Ave. ND DOT project will start summer 2008 and
continue into 2009 for the bridge portion. The bids for the project will be
received November 18, 2007 with a construction start early April. All of
12th Ave will be closed to east/west traffic from 10th St. to 18 St. with
detours marked. There will be some vehicle/pedestrian crossing points and
these will vary as the project progresses. The plan is to have the new 12th
Ave open from 10th St. to 18th St. by the beginning of fall semester 2008.
This will be very disruptive, but in the end we will have an opportunity to
drive on a nice smooth street that will have many aesthetic attributes.
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Adjacent
Property Projects - Even though
the following projects are not NDSU projects, they will have an impact on
the campus. There are three apartment/retail complexes in the planning and
city approval stages that will be along 12th Ave. The first one, which will
start soon if final approval is given May 7th by the city commission, will
be west of Barrett St. across from Askanase. The three rental properties
will be torn down and a 3-story apartment building with retail space on the
ground floor will be constructed with completion scheduled for September or
October 2007. The other two projects are still early in their process, but
one will be on the west side of 17th St. south of 12th Ave and the other
will be where University Motors is currently located when they move to their
new location. All these projects will greatly enhance the perimeter of the
campus.
