With Trustees\u27 approval, RWU plans to break ground in spring on School of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management Labs

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Roger Williams UniversityDOCS@RWUFeatured News Story The Week at Roger12-1-2017RWU Approves Campus Location for NewSECCM LabsEdward FitzpatrickRoger Williams UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://docs.rwu.edu/weekatroger_featured_newsPart of the Higher Education CommonsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Week at Roger at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in FeaturedNews Story by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact mwu@rwu.edu.Recommended CitationFitzpatrick, Edward, "RWU Approves Campus Location for New SECCM Labs" (2017). Featured News Story. 230.https://docs.rwu.edu/weekatroger_featured_news/23010/30/2018 RWU Approves Campus Location for New SECCM Labs | Roger Williams Universityhttps://www.rwu.edu/news/news-archive/rwu-approves-campus-location-new-seccm-labs 1/2 News ArchiveRWU Approves Campus Location for New SECCMLabsWith Trustees' approval, RWU plans to break ground in spring on School ofEngineering, Computing and Construction Management LabsAn architectural rendering of the proposed new building and site forthe School of Engineering, Computing and ConstructionManagement.December 1, 2017 Edward FitzpatrickBRISTOL, R.I. – The University is pleased to announce that the Buildings and Grounds Committee ofthe Board of Trustees has given  nal approval to construction of a laboratory building for the Schoolof Engineering, Computing and Construction Management.The University expects to break ground on the SECCM Labs project in spring 2018, pending thecompletion of permitting and  nancing.Before making its decision, the Buildings and Grounds Committee considered the proposedbuilding site as well as alternative locations on campus, taking into account objections raised duringa September forum. A er taking a tour of the sites and having a full discussion, the committeedecided to locate the building on the proposed site, which is adjacent to the current engineeringschool building, the Mario J. Gabelli School of Business and the Feinstein College of Arts &Sciences.10/30/2018 RWU Approves Campus Location for New SECCM Labs | Roger Williams Universityhttps://www.rwu.edu/news/news-archive/rwu-approves-campus-location-new-seccm-labs 2/2The laboratory building project will represent a crucial addition to SECCM, which is experiencingsigni cant growth while also facing mounting competition from a range of public and privatecolleges in the Northeast region.“The new facilities will enhance our ability to deliver quality undergraduate laboratory learning,which is critical if we are to remain competitive,” SECCM Dean Robert Potter said. “Yes, smallclasses and the delivery of student-centered instruction are an asset, but that only goes so far. Whenstudents walk through and see the new facilities, we are going to become more competitive andcontinue to grow.”A er a broad and inclusive bidding process, RWU selected Shawmut Design and Construction asthe construction manager.“This is a building by the industry, for the industry,” President Donald J. Farish said. “We have RhodeIsland’s only accredited construction management program, and the industry is partnering with usso their project becomes a living, learning laboratory experience – a hands-on experience forconstruction management.”Shawmut’s Kyle Lloyd, who graduated from RWU in 1998 with a construction management degree,is the project executive.“It’s incredible,” Lloyd said of the chance to work on a project at his alma mater. “When I went toschool here, the program was very small, not widely known, but it has grown. And with this facility, Ithink it will be the premier construction management program in New England.”Plans call for a three-story, 27,325-square-foot building that will contain a variety of excitingcomponents. For example, it will include a two-story Construction Management High Bay, with anoverhead crane; a Fluid Mechanics Laboratory; and a Building Information Modeling/Virtual RealityLaboratory, where two-dimensional design will meet the three-dimensional “real world.”“Overall, the SECCM Labs will give them the ability to use modernized, state-of-the-art laboratoriesacross all three programs (engineering, computing and construction management),” said NathanielGinsburg, project architect for Providence-based Brewster Thornton Group Architects. “Spaces inthis new building will be constructed to allow teaching in a very hands-on, interactive way that suitsthe learning style of students who are entering programs where they need to think independentlyand to take control of the project they are doing.”Provost Andrew Workman said the project will help to alleviate space needs on the Bristol campus.Labs in the existing engineering building will be renovated for use as multi-purpose classrooms andgeneral science laboratories, he said.ACADEMICS ALUMNI LIFE @ RWUSCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, COMPUTING, & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

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