Associated Press - Tue June 22, 2021
NU Sells $400M in Municipal Bonds for List of Renovations
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) The University of Nebraska has netted $400 million in financing through the sale of municipal bonds to be used for a growing list of renovations and replacement projects. The Lincoln Journal Star reported that the sale took place May 27, and money garnered will go toward an $800 million backlog of projects at campuses in Lincoln, Omaha and Kearney, as well as the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 15, 2021
HIgh Reach Excavators Raze Former Jail Site
Construction on the University of Texas at San Antonio's (UTSA) $161 million Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Careers Building (IECB) is expected to start soon on the site of the former Bexar County Jail in downtown San Antonio after crews from Hansco Inc....
Flagpole - Thu June 03, 2021
New Episcopal Dorm Under Construction Near University of Georgia Campus
After a delay of more than a year, primarily due to the pandemic, construction crews are finally able to get construction underway on Wright House, a new residential facility in Athens, Ga., that has been in the planning stages for years....
Buffalo Rising - Tue June 01, 2021
Buffalo, N.Y.'s Canisius High School Gifted $2.5M for Global Learning Center
A $2.5 million donation was announced recently by Buffalo, N.Y.'s Canisius High School for the building of its new Madden Center for Global Learning. The facility will be located at the Delaware Avenue campus and is the largest in the college prep school's "Rich Tradition Bold Vision" capital campaign, one that is now approaching $20 million....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 27, 2021
Alabama A&M Transforms Huntsville With New Event Center
In Huntsville, Ala., crews are working on a $60 million, 132,000-sq.-ft. event center at Alabama A&M University (AAMU). The building will include an arena with a 6,000-person capacity that will host basketball and volleyball games, as well as various university gatherings....
West Side Tractor Sales - Thu May 06, 2021
West Side Tractor, Johnsburg High School Partner to Inspire Next Generation
When Johnsburg High School community liaison Gus Schmid first heard about the John Deere excavator/construction simulator, he knew it would be a valuable addition to JHS's vocational arts department....
The Washington Post - Wed May 05, 2021
Virginia Tech to Receive $50M Gift From Boeing to Build New Campus
Virginia Tech will receive $50 million from Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, to go toward financial aid to build and diversify the graduate technology campus the university is developing in Alexandria, Va....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 21, 2021
Phased Return to In-Person Classes Begins at New $256M Somerville School
The delivery of the new Somerville High School (SHS) building and campus, which is expected to be completed in spring 2022 when Suffolk Construction completes Phase 3 — the construction of the new athletic field — is pressing forward....
Athens Banner-Herald - Thu April 08, 2021
New Early Head Start School to Soon Be Built in Athens, Ga.
Construction crews is set to begin to build an early learning center at Athens, Ga.'s West Broad Street school. The Clarke County School District met with members of the community March 30 to get input on the building plans for the property, which will house an Early Head Start program, designed to serve children from eight weeks to three years old in families who are either at or below the poverty line....
St. John’s University News - Mon March 29, 2021
New Health Sciences Center Planned for New York's St. John's University
A $5 million New York State Higher Education Capital Matching Grant (HECap) has been awarded to St. John's University to help finance the construction of a new Health Sciences Center building at the Queens, N.Y., campus....
