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Four new residence halls planned for south campus will open for the Summer
2002 semester rather than Fall 2001 as first expected.
That's because for the halls to be completed by Fall 2001, building
approvals and construction would have had to stick to an "extremely tight
timeline" with virtually no room for delays, said Dean Bresciani, associate
vice chancellor for student services.
The halls now should be completed
by March of 2002, allowing for a Summer 2002 "shake down" of the buildings
before students move in for long-term use, Bresciani said.
Bresciani also said the new timeline should allow for better buildings at
lower cost because the University won't have to pay premiums for accelerated
construction.
The four-story halls will be built in the area of the four high-rise halls
now on south campus. They will provide beds for 1,000 students.
The state legislature has approved the $42 million project, which will be
funded through the sale of revenue bonds.
Freshmen will live in the halls, which will include design elements aimed
at fostering intellectual life and a sense of community, according to Sue
Kitchen, vice chancellor for student affairs.
Those elements include academic space for First Year Seminars and
residential hall programming, common spaces, study areas and outdoor
courtyards.
The need for the halls stems from projected enrollment growth for
Carolina. The campus is expected to need as many as 3,700 more beds by 2008.
The four new halls represent the first phase of residence hall
construction meant to handle enrollment growth. They will be the first new
residence halls built on campus since Carmichael opened in 1986.
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