{"id":2083,"date":"2024-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/blogtest\/fall-2024-campus-planning\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:17:03","slug":"fall-2024-campus-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/fall-2024-campus-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2024 Campus Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adding and expanding facilities on a college campus is about more than just growth\u2014it represents expansion in areas of study in which MTSU particularly excels. Expansion to solve complex problems that improve the social good. And expansion to develop the cutting-edge knowledge needed to supply a skilled regional workforce.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Numerous improvements to our campus buildings are underway or have been recently completed. Here is a brief update.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Applied Engineering Building <\/span><\/strong>(<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Currently in construction)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Estimated completion: summer 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Total project cost: $74.8 million including cost for the building, demolition of Voorhies, infrastructure, site improvements, and surrounding pedestrian and vehicular circulation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Companion piece to the School of Concrete and Construction Management Building, with shared common working yard for student projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 89,000-square-foot building to serve as new home for the Engineering Technology and Mechatronics Engineering programs and provide space for future engineering programs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Designer: Wold Architects and Engineers (Brentwood)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Contractor: Denark Construction Inc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Student-Athlete Performance Center <\/span><\/strong>(<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Currently in construction)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Estimated completion: summer 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Total project cost: $66 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Comprises the first stage of development to the northwest corner of the MTSU campus envisioned in the MTSU Athletics Master Plan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Small section of outdoor loge seating to be added to the north end of Floyd Stadium<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 75,000-square-foot facility to include training spaces, strength and conditioning rooms, locker rooms, meeting space, and offices that serve MTSU Athletics and student-athletes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Design: GMC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Contractor: The Parent Company<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Renovations to Kirksey Old Main and Rutledge Hall <\/span><\/strong>(<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Currently renovating)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Completed E.W. Midgett Building demolition to make way for a new back entry into KOM<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Estimated completion: summer 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Total project cost: $54.3 million, including cost for demolition of Midgett Building, renovations to both KOM and Rutledge Hall, infrastructure, site improvements, and pedestrian and vehicular parking<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Rutledge to be converted from a residence hall into an office\/classroom building to house University College\/University Studies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Math, Computer Science, Data Science, and Actuarial Science to return to KOM<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Renovations to include major changes to HVAC, plumbing, data\/IT, and electrical systems; re-planning of building layouts to accommodate future use; accessibility improvements; window replacement; and exterior building improvement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Small additions on both buildings to allow for new entries and vertical circulation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Designer: Anecdote Architectural Experiences\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Contractor: Messer Construction<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aerospace Project\u2013Shelbyville<\/span><\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Design phase completed winter 2024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Estimated completion: fall 2027<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Total project cost: $62.2 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Estimated construction cost: $50.2 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Includes facilities for the Professional Pilot concentration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013\u00a0 50,000-square-foot net space for main academic building(s), including classroom, dispatch, faculty and staff offices, flight briefing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013\u00a0 28,000-square-foot hangar to maintain Professional Pilot aircraft fleet<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013\u00a0 Site and utility improvements for 16-acre parcel<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Site located along Highway 231 and just west of the Shelbyville Municipal Airport<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Designer: TMPartners PLLC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Construction Contractor: Hoar Construction LLC<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding and expanding facilities on a college campus is about more than just growth\u2014it represents expansion in areas of study in which MTSU particularly excels. 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