The finance and facilities committee for the University of Central Florida recommended building a new $21.3 million building to replace Colbourn Hall on the main campus, according to the Orlando Business Journal.
Colbourn Hall, which began construction in 1972, houses around 200 faculty members, according to Bill Merck, UCF’s vice president and chief financial officer.
“It was probably not one of our finest moments in construction when it was built,” Merck said. “We did some destructive testing, and it’s a little worse off than we thought.”
According to the Orlando Business Journal, the finance and facilities committee approved using $21.3 million in non-recurring university funds for a 75,000-square-foot, three-story building adjacent to the existing Colbourn Hall.
The committee also talked about eventually doing a renovation to Colbourn Hall that would cost between $6.8 million and $19 million, the former for a low-level renovation and the latter for a full renovation with new mechanical, electrical and plumbing, the Orlando Business Journal reported.
