Construction / Parking / Transportation Update
| August 28, 2018
Filed Under: President's Post, Featured Articles
Numerous campus construction projects are ongoing or were recently completed. Here is a brief update on those recent and current projects:
Middle Tennessee Boulevard
Currently under construction
Scope of work:
- Widening 0.8-mile section of Middle Tennessee Boulevard between East Main and Greenland to a divided four-lane street
- Landscaped median with dedicated turn lanes
- Improved pedestrian walks and crossings
- Bike lanes
- Improved lighting
- New underground utilities
- Monument entry walls to MTSU campus
- New drop-off at Murphy Center
- Improvements to the Faulkinberry Drive intersection
Academic Classroom Building
- New center for the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences
- Consolidating of functional areas to the Criminal Justice Administration, Psychology, and Social Work departments
- Critically needed classrooms, offices, and lab spaces provided
- State funding received July 13
- $39.6 million total project cost
- 91,000 square feet Building site located north of the Student Union across
MTSU Boulevard • Sitework construction (site utilities and grading) starting late August; project completion expected summer 2020
• Building project manager: Turner Construction Co.
• Project architect: Bauer Askew Architecture
Parking Services Facility
• New home for Parking Services, including parking permits, bus maintenance, and personnel offices
• Design phase completed
•Bids opened Aug. 22
• Construction starting this fall and finishing in winter 2019
• Located on City View Drive
• $3.4 million total project cost
• 13,000-square-foot building area
Parking and Transportation Improvements
- $1.580 million construction cost
- New surface and lighting at Greenland Drive parking lot
- New sidewalks and lighting along Alumni Drive and Military Memorial Drive
- Improved pedestrian access to Livestock Lot and new lighting
- Wider sidewalks along Founders Lane
- Currently under construction, with completion this fall
- Small roundabout at Military Memorial and Champion Way
Peck Hall Renovations
- $924,000 construction cost
- Interior improvements, including new lighting at corridors and refinishing of terrazzo flooring on second and third levels
- New ceiling and lighting at breezeways
- New furnishings for courtyard areas
- Project completion this fall
Dining
Changes are occurring in the Student Union. We are replacing the Dippers venue and installing a “restaurant rotation” concept. Rotation options will include:
• Barbeque District (Texas BBQ) • BibimBox (Korean food)
• Medi-Eats (Mediterranean-inspired cuisine)
• Noodle Fix (global noodle dishes)
• O-mori Ramen Bar (build-your-own Ramen dish)
• Road Trip America (regional American cuisine, such as New England classics)
• Taco del Seoul (Korean flavors and Mexican fusion)
• Zoca (Mexican fare)
We also will begin offering breakfast at Steak ’n Shake this fall. Breakfast options include biscuit sandwiches, breakfast tacos, Royale Steakburger, and Country Breakfast Bowl.
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