Ground was broken on October 10, 2003 on Charleston Southern University’s new $11.3 million science building, an undergraduate teaching and multi-disciplinary research laboratory facility. The two-story, 54,000-sf building is scheduled for occupancy in January 2005. Lord, Aeck & Sargent of Atlanta is the project architect and programmer. The firm has also been commissioned to renovate CSU’s Jones/Ashby Hall, which currently houses biology and chemistry labs. Featuring a new dome and a central atrium, the facility is designed to foster interaction and collaboration of faculty and students across the science disciplines. Upon completion, the new science building will house the university’s biology department, including molecular/cellular biology: genetics and biochemistry teaching and research space; chemistry department, including organic, inorganic, physical and analytical teaching and research space; specialized greenhouse, animal holding and tissue culture spaces; and faculty offices.
When the science building is completed, work will begin on the renovation of Jones/Ashby Hall, which will house the physics and geology labs, computer science, mathematics, and additional classrooms and faculty offices. Jones/Ashby Hall renovations will be completed in August 2005.
The project team includes Trident Construction Company, construction manager; Newcomb & Boyd, MEP engineer; Uzun & Case, structural engineer; Forsberg Engineering, civil engineer; and Seamon, Whiteside & Associates, landscape architect.
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