Regents moves forward with construction projects in Stillwater and OSU Institute of Technology Master Plan

Friday, June 15, 2012

The OSU/A&M Board of Regents selected Dewberry of Tulsa as the architect to assist Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in the design of a campus master plan at its regular board meeting Friday in Tulsa.
 
Currently OSU-IT has no master plan in place and one is needed in order to review existing facilities and infrastructure for possible updates, expansions and new construction.
            
On the Stillwater campus, Studio Architecture of Oklahoma City with PGAV of Kansas City was selected to serve as the architect and CMS Willowbrook of Chickasha was selected as construction manager at risk for the design and construction of a new library storage facility. The $7.5 million facility is needed in order to free up space at the Edmon Low Library to accommodate the growing demand for individual and group study, creative collaboration and public programming.
 
The university is considering locations on the north and west sides of campus for the storage facility. Library officials say materials will be selected for relocation to the new building based on criteria developed by the library administration and stakeholders.
            
In other action, regents selected CMS Willowbrook of Chickasha to oversee the construction of an information technology building on the Stillwater campus. The $6 million facility will concentrate administrative/operational IT functions in one facility. Currently IT occupies spaces in four different buildings creating inefficiencies within the department.
 
The locations are also better suited for teaching and or research since they are located in or near the core of campus. Architectural work will be done by OSU Long Range Facilities Planning.