University of Colorado at Boulder Ready to Tackle Big On-Campus Building Project

Work could begin later this fall on the construction of a comprehensive and new academic building set to go up on the Boulder campus of the University of Colorado.

The project has a reported price tag of $174.5 million and will measure around 79, 200 square feet.

Set to house the school’s applied math and chemistry departments, the structure will also include both specialized quantum research laboratories and office space, as well as a 200-seat auditorium.

Additional features: meeting spaces, student study areas, and a roof terrace.

The school, with a current enrollment of just over 37,000, has taken on a number of significant building projects in the last decade, including the $57 million expansion of the main music education building in 2019, and a $130 million conference center and hotel in 2022.

The new project, which won the approval earlier this month of the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents, will go up off Regent Drive on the south end of the campus.

According to a press released issued by the university, the building’s mechanical system will be designed to use low-temperature hot water “in preparation for the eventual connection to a future district energy loop heated by electricity, in support of the university’s overarching decarbonization plans.”

If all goes as expected, work on the structure will see completion in either late 2026 or early 2027.

​By Garry Boulard

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