Summer Insider 2019 final

Summer
Construction
Season
During the summer, the Urbana campus becomes
a center of construction activity as new facilities,
renovations, and repairs are vital to meeting the
university’s strategic goals.
Campus Instructional Facility
Will provide state-of-the-art instructional facilities, such as I-FLEX
classrooms and other collaborative learning environments
“There’s always going to be large-scale building projects,
street repairs, and utility work that has to be done,” said
Associate Director of Capital Programs, Project Management
Clarence Odom. “We just want to put the least
amount of disruption as possible on the students,
faculty, and staff.”
Substantial completion is expected by the start of the
fall semester for the Henry Dale and Betty Smith Football
Center, Foellinger Auditorium (stairs reconstruction), and
Education Building (plaza wall repairs). Projects will also
include multiple restroom renovations, roof replacements,
elevator upgrades, and classroom and laboratory
modernizations.
Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Will touch up approximately 66,000 GSF and build a new
five-level, 30,000 GSF addition
“Our goal through these projects is to improve the students’
lives and their learning experiences,” said Odom. “Because
the ‘classroom’ is bigger than just the inside of four walls;
students are now learning everywhere they go, and we are
creating a living learning lab throughout campus.”
“Our goal through these
projects is to improve the
students’ lives and their
learning experiences.”
Clarence Odom, associate
director of Capital Programs,
project management
Siebel Center for Design at Illinois
Will convene people in this 60,000 GSF design center and immerse them in
meaningful challenges for which they design solutions
6 • University of Illinois Facilities & Services