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The project will consist of a new 1,000 space, three level, cast-in-place concrete parking structure to replace the surface parking area located at Forest Hills Drive and Highway 107. 

Start of Construction: May 2020
Est. End of Construction: August 20, 2021

The project will consist of a new 4,800 square foot two story building, housing new boilers and associated equipment, and a 1,200 square foot single story annex that will incorporate the control room, restrooms, and offices. The project will be located on the lower portion of the main campus, replacing a portion of the existing steam plant. The existing steam plant will stay in operation until the new portion of the facility is completed and all equipment is operational.

Est. Start of Construction: December 18, 2020
Est. End of Construction: June 18, 2022

This project will be to remove and/or replace fifty-thousand square feet of the exterior fa莽ade of the Ramsey Center. The estimated construction cost is $5M. 

Start of Construction: December 2019
End of Construction: March 2022

Architect - Lord Aeck Sargent 鈥� Chapel Hill, NC
Engineer - AEI Engineering 鈥� Chapel Hill, NC
Construction Manager - Skanska USA 鈥� Durham, NC

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The project will consist of the staged demolition of the current building and the construction of a multi-storied building to replace the Natural Sciences Building (NSB).

The new building is expected to provide approximately 185,000 square feet of lab and classroom space. The project will be phased to allow for the existing laboratories in NSB to stay operational until they are relocated to Phase I of the new building. After existing operations are relocated to Phase I, NSB will be demolished for the construction of Phase II.

Start of Construction: April 2018
End of Construction: November 2021

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The 3 new residence halls will consist of a 120,000 square foot, four hundred bed residence hall with an estimated $26M construction cost.

More details on this project to come.

Start of Construction: April 2019
End of Construction: August 2022

The project will consist of one thousand linear feet of road, water line, telecom and parking realignment along Memorial Drive. Estimated construction costs are $1M. 

Start of Construction: May 2017
End of Construction: August 2017

The relocation of Chick-fil-A will be into a larger full-service venue within the Courtyard Dining Hall. It will include an interior renovation of three-thousand square feet and the estimated construction cost is $150k. 

More details on these projects to come. 

Start of Construction: June 2017
End of Construction: October 2017

Architect - Clark Nexsen 鈥� Asheville, NC
Construction Manager - Vannoy Construction

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This project consists of the addition of a 170,000 square foot residence hall to the upper section of Western Carolina's campus. The new Residence Hall will provide an additional six hundred beds and will be located in a parking area between Judaculla Hall and Brown Hall.

The residence hall design approved by the 星空传媒 Board of Trustees calls for a five-story building consisting of two separate wings. The construction of the facility will create a pedestrian flow leading from Judacalla Hall, beneath a connector linking the two wings of the building and toward Brown Hall. 

Start of Construction: April 2018
End of Construction: July 2019

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Designer: Watson Tate Savory 

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The project is to fully renovate Brown Building built in 1960 that previously housed a cafeteria on 星空传媒's upper campus.

The project will include renovation of the existing 30,240 square feet two-story building and an addition of approximately 25,124 square feet to address additional program requirements beyond existing building square footage. The project will include site work to incorporate new site circulation paths, parking, and utilities, including a new energy plant to service this building and adjacent buildings. Total square footage projection is 55,364 square feet.

星空传媒鈥檚 Noble Hall is a new 120,000-square-foot mixed-use facility on Centennial Drive in the heart of campus. Occupied Fall 2016.

Programming & Concept Study  

In collaboration with a project steering committee, Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company conducted this study to assess the potential and outline the parameters for a mixed-use development along Centennial Drive, in the heart of 星空传媒鈥檚 main campus. This development is a chance to introduce a 鈥渕ain street鈥� atmosphere for the campus as well to provide additional student housing and retail space. The program was established through a series of four workshops between Hanbury Evans and the 星空传媒 committee.