Post by Logan on Apr 17, 2016 4:36:30 GMT -6
The West Virginia University Board of Governors voted unanimously Friday to build an estimated $2.3 million engineering building on the former Mountain State University campus in Beckley, in preparation for WVU Institute of Technology engineering students moving there from Montgomery.
The building, estimated at 9,100 square feet and designed by Design Collective Architecture of Baltimore, is scheduled to be finished in May 2017. It will include space for engineering teaching labs, student project rooms, engine testing, materials testing and welding, and more, according to Friday’s meeting agenda.
Money for construction costs will be borrowed from the WVU Research Corp. Rob Alsop, WVU’s vice president for legal, government and entrepreneurial engagement, said that money will be repaid to the Research Corp. through Beckley campus revenue, such as tuition.
Alsop said engineering students will need a larger space than the former MSU campus had, to accommodate student projects. He said the building’s labs will have machinery and heavy equipment that require reinforced flooring.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160415/wvu-to-build-23m-engineering-school-in-beckley
The building, estimated at 9,100 square feet and designed by Design Collective Architecture of Baltimore, is scheduled to be finished in May 2017. It will include space for engineering teaching labs, student project rooms, engine testing, materials testing and welding, and more, according to Friday’s meeting agenda.
Money for construction costs will be borrowed from the WVU Research Corp. Rob Alsop, WVU’s vice president for legal, government and entrepreneurial engagement, said that money will be repaid to the Research Corp. through Beckley campus revenue, such as tuition.
Alsop said engineering students will need a larger space than the former MSU campus had, to accommodate student projects. He said the building’s labs will have machinery and heavy equipment that require reinforced flooring.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160415/wvu-to-build-23m-engineering-school-in-beckley