NCSU Developments

[GucciLittlePig]

Crane is napping/leaving

[NoRaAintAllBad]

New mural @ Centennial making the chatter’gram…

[oakcityyimby]

Well that’s a lot more interesting than most of Centennial!

[Deekay93]

Wow really cool piece of art

[Jake]

This is SICKK!!! Need this DOWNTOWN though

[Deekay93]

Do we know who the artist is?

[NoRaAintAllBad]

Oregon artist, NTBCW HoS
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8-TDUFSQ9a/?hl=en&img_index=1

[Mitch]

[Mgwolf]

https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/09/building-naming-honors-woodson/#:~:text=North%20Carolina%20State%20University%27s%20Integrative,Board%20of%20Trustees%20announced%20today.

Ol Randy Woodson’s getting a building named after him.

[Justin6882]

Well deserved. He has been nothing short transformational for NC State.

[Dave_M]

Yep. Great Chancellor.

[wormdog]

Woodson has been incredible for NCSU!

[orulz]

The contract for a Construction Manager at Risk for the massive $860m Cates West redevelopment is up for bid until February 21st, and it contains some more information I haven’t seen in terms of scale and phasing.

Project Description

This project will provide new student housing and dining facilities in multiple phases to address increased demand driven by enrollment growth and the freshman live-on-campus requirement. The project will construct about 3000 traditional and semi-suite style student beds and a new 1500-seat dining facility on Central Campus and will have a focus on sustainability. New construction is anticipated as follows:

• ~800,000 GSF of housing
• ~100,000 GSF of dining
• ~25,000 GSF of student life space

Three existing student housing buildings, a dining facility, and a small service building at the end of their useful lives will be demolished as part of this multi-phase project. To meet financial goals the bed count must increase with each phase of development. A new dining facility will increase the seat count for all-you-care-to-eat dining, including a cafe + market, and student center activity-oriented space. The project includes a new regional utility plant, underground utility distribution, and considers rerouting a campus street.

Phases anticipated:

• Phase 1 - construct approximately 1,500 beds
• Phase 2 - demolish one residence hall, West Dunn Building, and construct approximately 750 beds and the dining hall/student center space
• Phase 3 - demolish remaining buildings, construct approximately 750 beds

Each phase of the project will target LEED Silver or better. Detailed Sustainability goals are being developed and will be provided to the selected design team during the Master Planning/Advance Planning phases.

Project Site
The project site is located in the Central Campus precinct. The site is approximately 30 acres and is bounded by Thurman Drive and the North Carolina Railroad to the North; the Western edge of Lee Field to the West; Rocky Branch Creek to the South; and Dan Allen Drive to the East.

Existing buildings on the site that are planned to be demolished as part of the project include Lee Residence Hall, Sullivan Residence Hall, Bragaw Residence Hall, West Dunn Building, and Fountain Dining Hall.

Project Schedule
The CMR selection process is scheduled to be complete by early May. The selected team shall be ready to kick-off the project as soon as preconstruction contracting is complete, and work diligently to fully staff the project. Completion of phases is anticipated as follows:

• Advance Planning - December 2025
• Phase 1 - January 2030
• Phase 2 - January 2032
• Phase 3 - January 2034

[oakcityyimby]

Terrific. That whole area has the tower-in-the-park issue where it has a lot of green space, but it’s weirdly useless and just creates long walks to get anywhere. The new quad-based plan should be much better.

[wroncsu]

Love that. Would love it even more if they used part of Lee Field to stage pre-game events for Doak Field. So much space there that could be used for food trucks, beer tents, and restrooms before and during games. I’m still waiting in the restroom line from the Raleigh Regional that took place in May.

[John]

I am confused here. I thought that the softball field was moving to this location? Didn’t we hear that here a few weeks ago?
On a side note, nothing tells me that I am old like knowing that the dining hall that I worked at the very first semester that it was opened is now slated for demolition because it’s old and obsolete. LOL

[wroncsu]

They scrapped the plans to move the softball field, which is why I hope they finally start to use Lee Field for something to enhance the fan experience at Doak Field for baseball games.

When NCSU renovated the softball stadium locker rooms in advance of the 2025 season, I think the writing was on the wall that their plans to relocate that stadium had changed. Apparently this was confirmed in an article written by Pack Insider last week after NC State contacted them.

[wroncsu]

Saw this posted on LinkedIn today, but it sounds like NCSU is moving forward with a new Poole College of Management facilities project that will be built by a JV between Barnhill Contracting and Holt Brothers Construction.

Was wondering if this may be the new PCoM building referenced in the Capital Projects list.