STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State’s Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning approved proposals on July 16 for renovations to the Deike Building on the State College campus as well as an agricultural digester and replacement barns in the dairy research complex.
PATERSON, N.J. — Paterson School District leaders marked the topping out of the new P.S. 16 Elementary School with a ceremony and beam signing on July 1. The event marked a significant milestone in construction on the new 109,500-square-foot school. Immediately following the signing, attendees watched as the steel beam was hoisted into place, completing the school’s steel gymnasium structure.
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — In an attempt to relieve overcrowding at West Orange High School, located in Winter Garden, the district will construct a new relief high school designed by SchenkelShultz Architecture of Orlando.
FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Plans to replace Fort Rucker Elementary School — part of the Fort Rucker Army Base — are underway now that Orlando, Fla.-based SchenkelShultz has been selected as the project’s architect. SchenkelShultz was awarded the 133,542-square-foot project under the firm’s Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District.
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana State University (MSU) recently announced that its first energy savings performance contract (ESPC) has exceeded its projected energy savings by more than 15 percent.
WASHINGTON — Public school systems spent slightly more on students during 2013 versus 2012, according to released in June by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Per-pupil spending for the nation reached $10,700 during fiscal year 2013, a 0.9 percent increase from 2012, but varied heavily from state to state.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville University (JU) campus recently completed a $2.5 million electric conversion from its own power plant to being totally reliant on Jacksonville Electricity Authority (JEA) electric service on June 6.
SEATTLE — Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Wash., recently to the development of the new University of Washington (UW) Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) building in Seattle, with hopes that the facility will help to double the number of computer science and engineering degrees awarded by the university annually.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Due to severe overcrowding and the inability to expand in its current home, the Lehigh Valley Dual Language Charter School (LVDLCS) is currently seeking approval from the Bethlehem Area School District in Bethlehem to move from 551 Thomas St. to the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts building on East Broad Street. Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts plans to vacate its current building and move to a new facility this summer.
CHERRY HILL, N.J.