By NICK OLINGER
Staff Writer
Tennessee Board of Regents is finalizing the construction project involving finishing the gravel pit in the UC, constructing a three-room meeting area.
According to the APSU website, this project was not estimated to be finished until the summer.
The area was converted into a division of three rooms consistent in size with the meeting rooms on the third floor of the UC.
“The project was budgeted for $675,000 but was completed for $356,190. This included all architectural, engineering, plan prep, and project management,” said Andy Kean, University Facilities director.
Kean said when the UC was built in 2001, APSU did not have the resources or a plan for what to do with the basement. He said since enrollment has grown substantially over the past three years, demands for meeting rooms have increased.
He said these rooms have much more eminent design and are more flexible than the meeting rooms on the third floor. The new rooms have tiled floors instead of carpeted rooms.
Kean said the space currently does not have any audio/visual equipment or furniture but should be furnished and accessible for meetings by the summer.
“I think everyone will be very pleased with the completion of the project,” Kean said.
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