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Construction Update

The construction on campus continues with renovations in Washington Hall and a new storm water improvement project.

According to Therese Rosier, director of physical plant, the renovations in Washington Hall to house the art department are scheduled to be completed by the end of the semester.

As this project nears completion, another major project is beginning on Project J-89, South Campus Storm Water Improvements. The project will encompass all of Gorgas Road and the parking lots off of Stovall Street and behind the swimming pool. The location of the first section of work will be behind the warehouses and on the gravel path behind the radio station. 

"This portion of the project will have no impact on traffic flow or parking. However, as the project progresses, there will be temporary detours and parking lot closures," she says. 

The storm water improvements are expected to take approximately a year to complete. After the project is completed, vehicles will be able to drive around the campus completely without exiting onto any neighborhood streets. In addition to this, the gravel lots behind the central services warehouses and the Maxwell Alumni House will be paved. 

"Not to mention all of the storm water generated by the campus will now be safely contained without possible flooding of our neighbors," says Ms. Rosier.

Parking

Faculty, staff, and students will have an easier time finding a parking place with the addition of 175 new parking spaces, which includes a 15-space handicapped parking lot.The addition of parking spaces is part of a $4.4 million project that includes curbs, sidewalks, improvement of the infrastructure, storm sewers, and the paving of two gravel lots, says Therese Rosier, director of the Physical Plant.

“New park benches, brick walkways, signage, Jaguar paw prints, and all of the new landscaping have allowed us to continue that sense of ‘place’ on campus,” she says.

Maintaining a visual historical connection to the arsenal is something the Physical Plant continues to do. The Quadrangle project is near completion, Ms. Rosier says. New manhole covers that reflect our historical connection to the Augusta Arsenal have already been installed. A stage has been constructed and holds a cannon that was formerly displayed in front of Payne Hall.

New rehearsal rooms in the Fine Arts Center have been completed. Additionally, the painting studios for the Department of Art in Washington Hall are finished. Ms. Rosier says that other additions for the art department will be completed in late October.

Another project that will start around the end of the year is a $2.8 million addition to the Physical Plant that will provide the existing central energy loop with two additional chillers, a boiler, and a cooling tower. Several offices will also be added.

Collegiate Golf House

A groundbreaking ceremony was held June 27 for Augusta State University's new collegiate golf house. Taking part in the ceremony was President William A. Bloodworth, Jr., Clint Bryant, athletics director, Josh Gregory, director of the golf program and head men's golf coach, and Trelle McCombs, head women's golf coach. The ceremonial groundbreaking was performed by Mr. Bryant, Mr. Gregory, Ms. McCombs, and Mr. Fleming Norvell.  

Mr. Norvell, a member of the steering committee for the Campaign for the Collegiate Golf, and his wife, Sandra, a member of the ASU Foundation, made a challenge gift of $250,000 to the campaign and personally enlisted financial support from friends around the world. The co-chairs for the Campaign for Collegiate Golf were Don Grantham and Nick Evans.

The golf house will adjoin the practice facility for ASU's Division I men's and women's golf teams next to the Christenberry Field House.

Clint Bryant, director of athletics, says the new collegiate golf house will allow ASU to continue to recruit competitively both nationally and internationally.

"We are extremely excited. Our current practice facility and this great new golf house will give us as fine of a golf complex as any in the country," he says.  

According to Therese Rosier, director of physical plant, the 4,000 square foot clubhouse will include three offices, a conference room, locker rooms, a kitchenette, a reception/meeting space, and two computerized hitting bays.

"It will give our coaches and student athletes a state of the art facility that they can be proud of and allow them the ability to address social, athletic, and academic issues in an environment conducive to the overall learning experience," says Mr. Bryant.

Kirby Fahrion & Associates, Inc. are the contractors for the project, which has been fully funded by private donations. Construction is expected to be completed by December.