Bowling Green State University is constructing a $10.4 million School of the Built Environment facility

Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio., has broken ground on a School of the Built Environment facility.

The School of the Built Environment in the College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering emphasizes hands-on, applied learning, giving students the opportunity to enter the workforce career-ready for positions in project management, on-site management, estimating and pre-construction, safety and quality control.

This building will merge the construction management and architecture and environmental design programs under one roof, the Sentinel-Tribune reports.

The $10.4 million project consists of a 22,900-square-foot expansion of the Park Avenue building, which was renovated in 2014 for the architecture and environmental design program. The new space will feature a 6,500-square-foot innovation lab that will serve as a collaborative fabrication and construction area for students in both programs.

It will also house two digital labs and a materials and soils lab along with new classrooms and other spaces for students, faculty and staff from the architecture and environmental design and construction management programs.

The construction management program is now based in the Technology Building; classrooms and learning labs are slated to move to the Park Avenue building upon completion of the renovation.

The facility will enable students to engage with corporate partners and alumni and create opportunities for growth in new programs such as facilities management, sustainability and landscaping.

Completion is set for the 2022-23 academic year.