Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Alaska Southeastern University (UAS) Oak Bay Integrated Science Building (ABISB) is designed to provide a new home for teaching and research related to UAS’s unique ocean-focused, environmental, and interdisciplinary programs. sciences.
Principal Karen Carey said: “The new building will allow our faculty to live together and allow them to collaborate in research and teaching. We have been waiting a long time for this building to be completed and we are very excited about its completion.”
Construction should be completed by the spring session of 2024. The building will house several new and modernized educational spaces. There will be practical training laboratories, including a soil and water ecology laboratory with a clean room and a forest ecology/glaciology/geophysics laboratory with a dry room.
Storage facilities such as freezers, chemical storage rooms, and research warehouses will help keep supplies organized and available.
In addition to the lab and storage space, the new building will house a classroom for 40 students, several faculty members, an open workspace, collaboration space, and more.
Funding for the $16.1 million project comes from existing construction capital funds, the UAS Building Renovation and Renovation Reserve, proceeds from the sale of the Administration Building/Bookshop, proceeds from the Juno Campus Board-approved usage fee, and internal redeployment. . operating budget funds.
The first phase of the project, including demolition and site preparation, was completed within budget.
After the demolition of the 60-year-old laboratory and three outbuildings, the new building has a smaller footprint so that students can better enjoy the natural environment of the Auke Bay waterfront.
The Science Building will be located near the main UAS campus to enhance the quality of education.
This Halloween, UAS is hosting a “Sign the Beam” event. In keeping with the Ironworks tradition of signing the final structural steel beams, students, staff, staff, community members and construction crews sign the final structural steel beams. After the signing, it was placed in place on top of the ABISB steel structure, marking the completion of the completed structural section.
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