MTSU breaks ground on $147 million project
The Middle Tennessee State University has broken ground on a $147 million project, which will develop a new Science Building for the university at its Murfreesboro, Tennessee campus.
The new MTSU science building, with an area of around 250,000 gross square feet , has been designed by Thomas Miller & Partners/Hastings Associates JV Einhorn Yaffee Prescott. The building will be developed on the site of former Wood, Felder, Gore, and Clement dormitories.
The building is being developed for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) students of the university. The building will have pedagogical design, such as discovery based, group learning environment, and spaces for informal discussion and collaborative interaction.
The building will house a 150-seat lecture hall, two-tiered discussion classrooms, and seven teaching labs. The building will also have several support spaces, such as flexible suites and spaces for advanced instrumentation and room for new, future instruments. Construction of the building will embrace several sustainable practices, which will be targeted at preserving the natural resources of the site.
Construction on the scheme is scheduled for a wrap up in the first quarter of 2015. The project has received a financial boost from the Governor of Tennessee, who has granted $127 million from the 2012-13 state budget.
