Case Student Center

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Photos by Alfredo DiMauro, Skidmore College

After the library, classrooms and laboratories, the student center is the heartbeat of a college campus. It's where important student services and facilities such as the bookstore, snack bar, mailroom and student organizations are centered, and where students, faculty, and staff gather for social interaction, meetings and special events. To renovate and expand such a facility with minimal disruption of campus life is no easy task.

As Construction Manager for the Case Student Center renovation and expansion project for longtime client Skidmore College, MLB worked closely with College officials to carefully plan and schedule this four-phase project. Intelligent value engineering helped to maximize program within budgetary confines.

Construction of the 20,000 square foot addition was the first order of business to facilitate both temporary and permanent relocation of certain functions and facilities such as the kitchen, faculty-staff dining room, and cyber cafe. Subsequent relocation of the mailroom, student mailboxes and the bookstore allowed for an orderly flow of work to renovate the existing structure while maintaining essential operations and services to students. Any shutdowns of operating systems required to accomplish substantial mechanical and electrical upgrades were executed during student breaks and vacation periods.