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- Dan Bodell, Capital Planning and Development, 360/546-9471, dbodell@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360/546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu
Vancouver, Wash. - Continuing to grow as a full four-year campus, Washington State University Vancouver will begin construction in late January on the new Undergraduate Classroom building. The university awarded the project to Triplett Wellman of Woodburn, Ore., based on their bid of $16,234,328. Completion is planned for the fall of 2009. The building was designed by Thomas Hacker Architects of Portland, Ore.
The new building and its surroundings have been designed as 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø's first Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design certified project, earning the LEED Silver level distinction under the Green Building Rating System. In addition to continuing the use of building materials common with other campus buildings, the building's interior finish will also feature wood ceiling paneling harvested on-site from a large Douglas fir tree required to be removed.
"This building will finally give us a permanent home for our programs in education," said 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Chancellor Hal Dengerink. "But most importantly it provides some of the additional classrooms that we need to accommodate our four-year students."
The project consists of approximately 55,500 gross square feet of space including thirteen general classrooms of various sizes, two computer labs, and faculty office and administrative support space for the College of Education.
All bids received were within the university's budget.
For more information on LEED, the nationally accepted benchmark for design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings, see .
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or on C-Tran bus route 9. 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø offers 15 Bachelor's degrees, nine Master's degrees, one Doctorate degree and more than 35 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at
Images: Digital renderings of the 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Undergraduate Classroom Building, scheduled to open in fall 2009. Images courtesy of Thomas Hacker Architects, Portland. Ore.
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