Numerous improvements to our campus buildings and roadways are underway or were听recently completed. Here is a brief update on recent and current construction projects.
Middle Tennessee Boulevard
- Working on Alma Mater Drive circle
- Finishing entrance columns and听pavers at Faulkinberry Drive
- Constructing curbs and gutters in听median, top soil, and installing听irrigation lines
- Completing Bell Street entrance plaza听鈥⑻鼳nticipating final asphalt topping听this spring
- Scope of work:
禄听$15.7 million project听禄听Widening of 0.8-mile section of听Middle Tennessee Boulevard听between East Main and Greenland听to a divided four-lane street
禄听Landscaped median with听dedicated turn lanes听禄听Improved pedestrian walks听and crossings
禄听Bike lanes
禄听Improved lighting
禄听New underground utilities
禄听Monument entry walls to听MTSU campus
禄听New drop-off at Murphy Center听禄听Improvements to the Faulkinberry听Drive intersection
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Parking Services Facility
- Design development phase completed
- Construction starting late spring and听finishing in summer 2020
- Scope of work:
禄听New home for Parking Services,听including parking permits, bus听maintenance, and personnel offices
禄听Located on City View Drive
禄听$3.4 million project budget
禄听13,000-square-foot building area
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Academic Classroom Building
New center for the College of听Behavioral and Health Sciences- Consolidating the Criminal Justice听Administration, Psychology, and听Social Work departments
- Providing critically needed听classrooms, offices, and lab spaces听鈥⑻齋itework construction (site utilities听and grading) wrapping up in January
- Building construction starting听in January
- Project completion expected听summer 2020
- Scope of work:
禄听$39.6 million total project cost听禄听State funding received last July 13
禄听91,000 square feet
禄听Building site north of the Student听Union across MTSU Boulevard
禄听Construction manager general听contractor: Turner Construction Co.
禄听Architect: Bauer Askew Architecture
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Peck Hall
- Interior improvements completed
- 鈥淓nergetic鈥� courtyard that鈥檚 been听created by new exterior furniture
- Scope of work:
禄听$924,000 construction cost
禄听Interior improvements, including听new lighting at corridors and听refinishing of terrazzo flooring听on second and third levels
禄听New ceiling and lighting听at breezeways
禄听New outdoor furnishings
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Parking and Transportation听Improvements
- New sidewalks open to students听returning to class in January
- Scope of work:
禄听$1.58 million construction cost听禄听New surface and lighting at听Greenland Drive parking lot
禄听New sidewalks and lighting along听Alumni Drive and Military听Memorial Drive
禄听Improved pedestrian access to听Livestock Lot and new lighting
禄听Wider sidewalks along Founders听Lane
禄听Small roundabout at Military听Memorial and Champion Way