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JSmoove

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Love hearing about new projects the university has planned. I only graduated 3 years ago, but I'm amazed at how things have changed even since then. That new dorm is desperately needed.
 
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JSmoove said:
Love hearing about new projects the university has planned. I only graduated 3 years ago, but I'm amazed at how things have changed even since then. That new dorm is desperately needed.
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I'd say so. Enrollment has gone from ~28k to >33k in the 4 years I've been at ISU. Ridiculous.
 
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I was hoping they would ask for the lab building again that was vetoed in the Governor's hope to turn us into the University of Phoenix. My kid's schedule is always a mess and I think part of it is limited lab space.
 
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Good God- What a Waste of $50 Million.
Some construction company is padding their pockets with this one!
I'm definately not a construction guy....but come ON.....
$50 MIllion to house 700 students. wtf. I assume that means 350 bedrooms...
These are new college students (kids)............dorms...not beverly hills penthouses.

What could I do with $50Million-....I could buy 250 brand spanking new 3 bedroom homes ($200K each).
That would average 2.8 students per home!!!!
What poor college freshman needs a brand new 2-story 3 bedroom Home!!!...
No...not a crappy 3 bedroom aptment, but a FULL HOME....kitchen, livingrooms, 2 car garage, basement, 3 bathrooms, basement.
oh wait, I forgot that the univerisity already owns the land, so that knocks about 4Million off my estimate...Thats another 20 HOMES.
So it now averages 2.5 students per each FULL HOME.


Good God...some construction company is going to make SOO much money off the univeristy.
God Bless Merica.
 
MNCyGuy

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StevieISU23 said:
Good God- What a Waste of $50 Million.
Some construction company is padding their pockets with this one!
I'm definately not a construction guy....but come ON.....
$50 MIllion to house 700 students. wtf. I assume that means 350 bedrooms...
These are new college students (kids)............dorms...not beverly hills penthouses.

What could I do with $50Million-....I could buy 250 brand spanking new 3 bedroom homes ($200K each).
That would average 2.8 students per home!!!!
What poor college freshman needs a brand new 2-story 3 bedroom Home!!!...
No...not a crappy 3 bedroom aptment, but a FULL HOME....kitchen, livingrooms, 2 car garage, basement, 3 bathrooms, basement.
oh wait, I forgot that the univerisity already owns the land, so that knocks about 4Million off my estimate...Thats another 20 HOMES.
So it now averages 2.5 students per each FULL HOME.


Good God...some construction company is going to make SOO much money off the univeristy.
God Bless Merica.
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Private home construction basically the same as a large-scale, multi-level public project that has to follow all the specific university codes and guidelines, right?

Plus, the article provides exactly zero details on what the project entails beyond housing 700 students. For all you know there could be additional dining services or student resident facilities included in that project.
 
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longtimeclone said:
IIRC, it was windows and the dungeon. I wonder if this also includes the haunted rooms as well
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What would they be renovating too? I can't imagine they could put resident rooms down in dungeons and have it meet fire code due to the lack of windows.
 
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Sorry to Rant, but why would they need residnet facilities and dining services.....some kids would have an extra bedroom in their House, Plus thier kitchen to eat in, plus a dinning room, plus a living room.......
 
MNCyGuy

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StevieISU23 said:
Sorry to Rant, but why would they need residnet facilities and dining services.....some kids would have an extra bedroom in their House, Plus thier kitchen to eat in, plus a dinning room, plus a living room.......
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I was just pointing out that the article says nothing about what the project entails other than housing 700 students, so its hard to say it's drastically over-budgeted. Do you seriously think it makes more sense for the school to just buy up a bunch of house in Ames than build this dorm? That is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Maybe I'm just bitter from my days as a HVAC consultant and having to deal with some idiot school or church board member on every project who thinks they are a construction expert because they installed a furnace or got their kitchen remodeled one time.
 
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MNCyGuy said:
What would they be renovating too? I can't imagine they could put resident rooms down in dungeons and have it meet fire code due to the lack of windows.
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They could probably turn dungeons into a better student lounge or maybe put offices down there.
 
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StevieISU23 said:
Sorry to Rant, but why would they need residnet facilities and dining services.....some kids would have an extra bedroom in their House, Plus thier kitchen to eat in, plus a dinning room, plus a living room.......
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The number is probably just the amount of cost that was approved for building. The actual facility probably cost a lot less than that but isu doesn't want to go back to the board to approve more debt on the same project.
 
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MNCyGuy said:
I figured it was something like that, just curious if anyone knew what the plan was.
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I think it said to turn it into a food court type dining center. Seemed odd with the UDCC right there, but they mentioned it being something for Towers?

Another item on the agenda is an estimated $5 million project to renovate an inactive dining section of Friley Residence Hall to a food court style dining center.This new area would include more student dining space, storage rooms and an additional exterior entry to Friley in response to increased enrollment and the increased demand on food service.
“The initial studies indicate that location is convenient,” Madden said. “One of the groups that could use that is Towers. The Towers don’t have a real food service out there right now. You’ve got hundreds of students coming onto campus for dining, so that location would be convenient.”
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I hope they don't get the same guys who were in charge of construction at the olympics in Russia.
 
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