Construction is expected to begin this year at the College of Lake County’s Lakeshore campus in Waukegan, Illinois. The $47.9 million expansion and renovation project was originally approved in 2012, but put on hold due to the state’s budget troubles. The college is waiting on the state’s Capital Development Board to review and give its final approval of the project, according to a tentative timeline provided by the college. Construction, expected to take two years, would then start in October. Read more.
In other construction news:
In the midst of a heated battle with contractor Modern Piping over work on its new children’s hospital, the University of Iowa in March 2017 rejected the firm as a subcontractor on its new pharmacy building and took extra measures—totaling nearly $4 million—to keep it off the project. Read more.
Weber State University’s engineering building is in a constant state of disrepair. In this year’s session, Utah lawmakers designated $50 million to Weber to tear down the structure and build a newer, bigger, better space. It’s one of the major higher education projects to get funding this year—with the state Legislature appropriating the most money it ever has for the construction of buildings at Utah’s colleges and universities. Most of that funding, totaling more than $158 million, will be spent on science and business centers. Read more.
