Regents select construction manager for new engineering lab, approve name change for telecommunications building

Friday, February 24, 2012

The OSU/A&M Board of Regents Friday selected Lippert Bros. of Oklahoma City as the construction manager for a new civil engineering laboratory building to replace an existing facility located east of Engineering South on the Stillwater campus of Oklahoma State University.  

The facility is expected to be built at the northeast corner of McElroy Road and Willis Street in the northwest area of campus.   The new laboratory will be paid through private donations.

Approval also was given to begin the selection process for an architect and construction manager for a new library storage facility.  The $7.5 million building will free up space in the Edmon Low Library to accommodate the growing demand for individual and group study, creative collaboration and public programming.   Library officials say materials will be selected for relocation to the storage facility based on criteria developed by the library administration and stakeholders.      

Also Friday, the OSU/A&M Board of Regents approved the beginning of the selection process for a construction manager to assist in the design and construction of an information technology building to be located in the west or northwest area of the Stillwater campus.  Currently IT occupies space in several buildings across campus.  The proposed $6 million facility would concentrate administrative/operational IT functions in one facility.  

Approval also was given by the board to rename the Telecommunications Center to the Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ITLE).   The new name will help avoid confusion for those who visit or use the facility for faculty development events, faculty support and classroom technology services.