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
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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
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.