Eastern Michigan University administrators are putting the finishing touches on the architectural request for proposals for the university’s planned renovation and expansion of its Mark Jefferson Science Complex.
The university will issue requests for proposals for architectural renderings of the project in March. The $100-million project is expected to take 47 months to complete once an architect is selected.
The Mark Jefferson Science Complex is the largest construction project in school history. The plan calls for $26.7 million in renovations to the 180,802 square feet of the building. Another $73.3 million is slated for a 151,000-square-foot expansion.
The sale of bonds will primarily fund the project. A 4-percent tuition and fee increase approved by the university’s Board of Regents for this project in the fall of 2005 will pay off most of the bonds.
EMU spent $8.2 million to build the science five-story complex in 1969. It primarily houses facilities for the university’s College of Arts and Sciences, such as biology, chemistry, physics and psychology. The building is named for Mark Jefferson, head of the geography department at EMU from 1901-39.
EMU has invested more than $350 million in new construction in the past 10 years.
Source: Janice M. Stroh, vice president of business and finance at Eastern Michigan University.
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