hindesky Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 https://www.uh.edu/facilities-planning-construction/fpc-projects/spotlight/core-building-renovations/ Core Building Renovations Project Description The goal of the Core Renovation Project is to strategically renovate the buildings that form the general education core of the central University of Houston campus. These buildings are home to a substantial number of classrooms, labs, faculty offices and departmental headquarters. They are heavily utilized by students and faculty. The renovation plan includes addresses deferred maintenance issues, modernization of the facility and building systems and aligning the interior spaces with the occupants needs. The buildings to be renovated include: Agnes Arnold Hall, Charles F. McElhinney Hall, Roy G.Cullen, Science Research & Engineering Center, Science & Research I and the Science Building. Current Status UH Facilities Planning & Construction has been working very closely with Broaddus Planning on the massive programming effort for the Core Renovations. UH FP&C and Broaddus have met with stakeholder representatives from the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics and the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. These are the two Colleges primarily impacted by the renovations. The essential information gained from these meetings was used to develop the preliminary overall construction schedule for the renovations. An RFQ has been issued for the architectural design services and the construction manager at risk. Once the contracts are executed, the design process will begin for the first buildings scheduled to be renovated. The renovations will occur over a 6-year period and are expected to be complete by the end of 2024. The preliminary renovation schedule is listed below and will be confirmed by the Project Management Team at a later date: Science & Engineering Research Center (SERC) Reparative Work Summer 2018 - Spring 2020 Science Design Summer 2017 – Spring 2018 Construction Summer 2018 – Summer 2019 Roy G. Cullen (single phase) Design Summer 2018 – Summer 2019 Construction Fall 2019 - Winter 2020 Charles F. McElhinney (multi-phase) Design Summer 2019 – Summer 2020 Phase I Construction Summer 2021 – Summer 2022 Phase II Construction Summer 2022 – Summer 2023 Agnes Arnold Hall (multi-phase) Design Summer 2020 – Summer 2021 Phase I Construction Summer 2023 - Summer 2024 Phase II Construction Summer 2024 - Summer 2025 Phase III Construction Summer 2025 - Winter 2025 Science & Research I (ongoing, multi-phase) Design Summer 2018 – Summer 2020 Phase I Construction Fall 2019 - Summer 2020 Phase II Construction Fall 2020 - Fall 2021 Phase III Construction Fall 2021 - Summer 2022 Phase IV Construction Summer 2022 - Summer 2023 Phase V Construction Fall 2023 - Summer 2024 Phase VI Construction Summer 2024 - Winter 2024 UH FP&C Project Team: Christa Rieck - Executive Director of Planning Jennifer McPhail - Sr. Facilities Planner 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 I spent most of my years in the Roy G Cullen building. It needed such a major renovation inside, imho. Will be curious to go there someday and see what they did. The computer science and political science floors were a joke... looked straight off of the 90s. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HOUCAJUN Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 So who's moving into these new and shiny student housing and dorms? UH on campus students will be unprecidently low this fall semester. Moody dining and dorms will not open for fall semester. This is troubling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 they're open for business. https://uh.edu/housing/about/housing-covid-19-updates/ move in starts in less than a month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 They're open for business but not many are going to be on campus. Meal plan sales are at an all time low 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 hours ago, HOUCAJUN said: So who's moving into these new and shiny student housing and dorms? UH on campus students will be unprecidently low this fall semester. Moody dining and dorms will not open for fall semester. This is troubling. . . . . students. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 42 minutes ago, Fortune said: . . . . students. I'm assuming you didn't see last post..... Lasik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 or the latest round of off campus apartments at Elgin and Scott - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 13 hours ago, HOUCAJUN said: I'm assuming you didn't see last post..... Lasik What previous post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 More info about the John M. O'Quinn Law Building. https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2020021786 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted August 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2020 Project: U of H Partnership Building Architect: HarrisonKornberg Architects Address: 3002 Leek St. Houston, TX. 77004 Information: A one-story 5,700 SF building for university outreach to the community that includes a multipurpose room, seminar room, and office spaces. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted August 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) The new parking garage is looking good, I wonder if those are trellis for vines or just screens? Medical school back in the woods. The Quad is finished and some were moving in. Edited August 16, 2020 by hindesky 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post TheSirDingle Posted August 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Quite a few updates in the last meeting. Law school: Budget: $90M Square Feet 179k SF Floors: 5 Completion: August 2022 Architect/Engineer: Shepley Bulfinch Contractor: Austin Commercial Much darker color scheme, looks pretty good too. Arts Walk: Closing off this street and making it more of a long park/green walkway with the intention to make the campus feel more walkable, welcoming, and memorable. Centennial Plaza: Don't really have much information on this but it looks like they're intending to link it with the athletic side of campus. Medical school: @Paco Jones Literally 4 months ahead of the game. Also seems a bit longer than the previous version, but shorter by 1 floor. I like it ngl. Budget: $80M Square Feet: 130k SF Floors: 3 Completion: August 2022 Architect/Engineer: Page Architects Contractor: Vaughn Construction There's quite a bit of information given on this map, especially when it comes to future building footprints. >> They intend to develop a full on medical campus. Basically A UH health district stated by robalob's update on page 25. Honestly this is probably the most exciting part >> New Buildings on lot 12A/12B, I'm assuming a new garage and football operations building respectively >> A whole slew of buildings on lot 16, purpose is unknown though >> What looks to be a building on part of lot 19C or 19E, idk but there's something going there >> Building going on lot 19D which is by Durga D. and Sushila Agrawal Engineering Research Building, and whatever that patch of dead grass is by it. Also looks like they plan to put a pond next to it? Lots of detention ponds in the plan. >> A large building planned on the lot by the General Services Building, and a few smaller ones too. >> New Law Center on lot 19B >> Something to the right of the Rec center and health center, with a large detention pond >> New building on lot 6A by the Quads and CV2 >> New building on Lot 13A by the Heyne building >> New building coming from Cullen Blvd to McElhinney Hall >> slew of new buildings going across lots 10A, all of lot 9, and 8B it seems >> What I assume to be a new garage taking up part of lot 4A >> different floor plan for the tech annex compared to rn, good chance that's getting replaced >> New food hall where the old satellite used to be >> New moody building 😢 >> A lot of new greenspaces That's it for now, also if you find anything on the map I missed ping me. Guess we need to prepare for the next 7 years cause UH is going to be booming. Edited August 20, 2020 by TheSirDingle 17 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WshfulThnkn Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Great updates. Thanks!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) Surprise find of the day. A tower crane base at the Medical School building project. The new parking garage turned out nice, except for a bad ding caused by the contractors, hopefully Vaughn corrects this, lots of electric vehicle charging spots. The parking lot for the future new Law Building is now blocked off. Edited August 30, 2020 by hindesky 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Tower crane is up at the Medical School. They fixed the dent at the new parking garage. Found surveyor marks on the 4 corners of the new Law School. Doesn't appear to be a rectangle, the southwest corner is slightly askew of the northwest corner. Ribbons on the trees they want to protect. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I see why it's not a rectangle. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 29 minutes ago, hindesky said: I see why it's not a rectangle. This is the new design for the Law School: 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 construction fencing is going up around the parking lot for the new law building. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) On 9/24/2020 at 2:53 PM, samagon said: construction fencing is going up around the parking lot for the new law building. Yep https://twitter.com/UHLawDean/status/1309301213893201922?s=20 Edited September 26, 2020 by Stew 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2020 Fencing and construction trailers at the Law School build. Gate was open at the Medical School building. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Austin Commercial got the contract to build the new Law building. They also built the new Quad. The Med School. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 My pics and some from the construction cameras at the Law School and Medical School. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stew Posted October 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Here are some additional pics of UH College of Medicine construction. I'm not sure why they built a retention pond when there is a bayou next door. Edited October 26, 2020 by Stew 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cspwal Posted October 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Stew said: I'm not sure why they built a retention pond when there is a bayou next door. Because they're replacing trees and soil that would absorb rainfall with impermeable building and pavement, and they want to make sure that when 48 inches of rain falls on it the bayou next to them doesn't flood them 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Medical School, it's not possible to get very close to this project. Law School project. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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