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Show i lit ivalt l ake Inborn, tliurday, NoveiutK--r 11. I9b3 H Several Building Projects Are Making for a Whole NewU. B Doug Clark Tribune Staff Writer Students at the Univ ersity of Utah are witnessing what ma be the biggest building boom in the And school's history despite skyrocketing tuition costs and student fees, only a fraction of the funding is coming directly from students Eight major construction and renovation projects have been given funding and are now under way, for an estimated cost of $30 million And besides several small projects under way. three major ventures are being planned at an estimated cost of $8 5 million, but have not officially received funding And the University of Utah Medical Center is "essentially complete but for corrective action now under way," said Walter Gnemi, vice president of the universitys Administrative Services The largest project underway is the Student Services Building to be put up directly behind the Park . Building at the top of University-Circle- The building, to be built at an estimated cost of $8 3 million, will be home for most of the University of Utah bureaucracy that students need to deal with, three-stor- y including admissions, the Registrar's Office, financial aids, student counseling, the tuition office and academic affairs. "The services are now housed all over the campus, from the annex in the north to the Union Building, the Park Building and several small offices all over campus "I hate to say it, but right now it seems like the syst.em was designed to frustrate students," Mr. Gnemi said. "This building will pull the functions together, and relieve space desperately needed for other purposes." The building was started last spring, and will be complete in the summer of 1984. Another large project funded from student fees is the renovation of the Olpin Union Building food services area This $3 million renovation will be complete this month v V. H 'kr mm- - -- tV- funded eiitnelv from gifts, is nearly complete The "new" stadium features new turf, a facilities building wilh of flees, dressing rooms and rest r rooms, and a huge scoreboard And the old Home Economics Building, now called the Enierv Building on the President s Circle is being renovated to bring it up to current building, safety and fire four-colo- -. V ' & - mrm e cafes The building completed appropriated The renovation has been further complicated because the Emery Building, like all of the buildings on the circle, is on the National Historic Register " i'X ' ! tag s 'e . ' -- -- ' "C , a. of rendering accumulating since the late 1950 s, he said The most expensive project being funded by state appropriations is an addition to the Chemistry Building .Although the addition is still in the design stage, ground will be broken next spring, and it will be completed in Mineral Lease Funds Of the $7 million needed to complete the project, much of the money will come from mineral lease funds appropriated by the mid-198- 5 stale "These funds are paid to the stale by mineral companies leasing land for mining." explained Mr Gnemi But the protect involving the biggest area and the moH hui.dings is the Energy and Minerals Be search Center This involves the five Bureau of Mines buikti-.gsitting on 13 acres in the ninluie of ihe University of I tah campus According to a previous plan, the fivo buildings and acreage were sold to the I nners'ty of Utah 'lhe v f tw,K s - - - , - : . v;' . & j Jr-- Wa,. the Student Services Building now under construction on the University of Utah cam Artists - '.?, 1 w - ..Ci pus. will The 88.3 million project, bring scattered student-relate- huildings are being remodeled and a sixth is being built to creation entire complex for energy and mineral rescan h Funding lor :e j i elect is aiming lrom sovoia! sources The state ajuipropnateii Sxo,i (i'0 for the of t,ie o- tuna buildings l gave anoi pc bi iri'hoo from lit Pauciieeof u.meial iu-i- U-tic- ijloiua1 pine ta t will cov.e tioin gift' a id I'nmi mi:!. cad Iron b derally ter nd i e 't an h pn jei Is and grant s "Th OV orhead i.Mia.n g"i ;ght 1 - i s 1 - to be completed d offices in 1984, together. to the state, but in this case we got permission to keep it for the renovation. "Mr Gnenn said The Nora Kales Harrison Cardiovascular Training Institute, a research facility, is being built near the medical center for $900,000 The entire sum has come from gifts to the I niv cTsity of Ulhah Itu facility will be under eon 'Iruction by early spring The ino't puhlicimi piojcct has been the renovation of Rice stadium lhe f4 5 million project. Can't Change Outside "That means we can t ehango the outside configuration or the characteristics of the building." Mr Gnenn said "That's great ioi preserving old huildings, but it makes the job of making them safe very difficult " Mr Gnemi explained that the mechanisms for getting funding for buildings is often long and compli eated "If the building is to be built w ith student money, then the depart ment explains the need to the administration, and there is no problem, then we can must go ahead with it," he said But if state money is involved then the process becomes "a long and drawn out affair " First, a department committee must convince lhe vice president that there is a need Then a c ommittee is formed to decide the See Page '.Modern Serving Node The entire kitchen area of the cafeteria will be replaced, and the cafeteria will be converted to a "modern serving node" system. Wlhiemi Mr. Gnemi said. Borrowing EuiloirDOVs Compare Bates CaretfuDDy! The "nodes" are like several small eating areas, each with its own theme and type of food serv ed The funds for the construction are part of the bond reserve created in 1957 when the Union Building was expanded and the Special Events Center and other buildings were built. ( According to Mr Gnemi. funds must be set aside in the repay ment of the bonds for replacement and renew al of the structures built with funding by the bond. The funds for this renewal and replacement project have been yr C if SAW 01 t? 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