THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, November 13, 1994 TAG: 9411130064
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Short : 35 lines
Construction of a high-tech building for Radford University's New College of Global Studies has been delayed because a contractor's bid is $2 million over the project's budget.
The delay means the school's first 50 students, who arrive next fall, will have to use spare classrooms around the campus for at least the first year. School administrators had planned to house the college in temporary quarters for just the first semester.
``Of course I'm disappointed,'' Provost Meredith Strohm said. ``I would have loved to have seen the building coming out of the ground when the students got here. It would be nice if (the project) were on schedule, but these things happen all the time.''
The school held a groundbreaking ceremony in September for the experimental, $5 million building. The 32,000-square foot structure will include fiber-optic wiring and just one traditional classroom. Architects for the project are Glave Newman Anderson of Richmond.
An apparent boom in the recovering construction market is helping to drive up costs. The school plans to cut spending by scaling back materials.
For instance, a planned limestone exterior will be done in less-expensive brick.
Construction has been pushed back to spring or summer. by CNB