Library and Information Services Center

The $50-million project includes a 128,000-sf addition to the existing 188,000-sf library and will increase patron seating from 1,000 to 2,400. The Library and Information Services Center will provide advanced support for Internet use, video distribution, interactive teleconferencing, and hands-on training of faculty, staff, and students in the effective use of multi-media information systems. The facility will also provide services that will support College of Extended Learning programs and distance learning.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Central Michigan University

Owner Contact:

Melvyn Remus

Building Location:

Mount Pleasant, MI UNITED STATES

Project Type:

Expansion

Principal Building Function:

Library, distance learning

Project Timeline

Sep 1998	Planning Start
Oct 1998	Design Start
Apr 1999	Construction Start
Nov 2001	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$50,000,000

Construction Cost:

$35,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$110

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Computers
Conference Room
Education: Classroom
Education: Distance Learning
Education: Multimedia
Library
Video Conferenceing Center

Total GSF:

306,988

Total NSF:

205,526

Efficiency:

73%

Building Population:

2400

People Density:

128 gsf/person

Power Req:

15 w/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Cast-in-place concrete and steel

Project Team

Architect

URS Corporation

Consultant - Library Planner

Woollen Molzan and Partners

Engineer

URS Corporation

Profile Created 03/31/2001

Last Updated 04/04/2006

About the Reported Cost Figures

The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders. Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost adjustments.

Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model. Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which others do not.

Fig. 1

Library and Information Services Center