Academic Resource Center
Completion Date April 2002
Published March 2001
The Academic Resource Center for Loras College, the second oldest Catholic college west of the Mississippi, is designed to fulfill the College's increasing need for a facility which, unlike a traditional library, encourages discussion, exchange, and interactive learning.
Located on a prominent corner of the former Keane Athletic Field, the 94,000-sf, four-story facility forms a new central quadrangle on campus. The site overlooks the scenic city of Dubuque and the Mississippi River.
The Academic Resource Center will become the intellectual hub of campus, encompassing the campus library, tutorial center for writing and math, learning disabilities center, reading rooms, coffee shop, and book store. A 3,000-sf climate controlled museum space will be open to the pubic, featuring a rare book collection, city and college archives, and an exhibit of Dubuque history. A bridge connecting the Academic Resource Center to the existing Alumni Campus Center, the social hub of the College, encourages campus-wide interaction while recognizing the need for an intellectual and social balance in a college environment.
Anticipating future technologies and requirements of the College, data ports will be installed throughout the entire center for laptop computer users. This is integral to the entire technological operation of the Center. An online "card catalog" of information is provided at the main entry and is accessible throughout the building at several stations. Several informal gathering areas and 15 closed study areas for groups up to eight surround an ornamental cascading staircase that connects all four floors.
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Loras College |
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Owner Contact:
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Jim Collins, Vice President for Development
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Building Location:
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Dubuque, IA UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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New Construction
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Principal Building Function:
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Library and computer center |
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Project Timeline
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| Nov 1998 | Planning Start |
| Mar 1999 | Design Start |
| Oct 2000 | Construction Start |
| Apr 2002 | Target Completion |
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Last known status: Construction
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| Project Cost: |
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$18,000,000 |
| Construction Cost: |
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$13,600,000 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$165 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Bookstore
Computers
Education
Library
Museum
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| Total GSF: |
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94,935 |
| Total NSF: |
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88,000 |
| Efficiency: |
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93% |
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Building Population:
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1785
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People Density:
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50 gsf/person
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Planning Module:
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22' 6" x 22' 6"
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Office Size:
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150 NSF
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| Profile Created 03/31/2001 |
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 |
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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.
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Academic Resource Center Rendering courtesy of Holabird & Root Notes:
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