University of Florida Legal Information Center and Law School Expansion

Owner/Client: University of Florida

Location: Gainesville, FL

Completion Date: February 2006

Project Size: 105,514 square feet

Project Cost: $19,855,578

The Fredric G. Levin College of Law is among the top law schools in the country but by early 2000 the facilities, were crowded and badly outdated. To remedy the critical space and infrastructure deficiencies, the school underwent significant renovation and expansion. The library was expanded and now houses around 600,000 volumes. High speed data capability gives students and faculty access to another 75 million volumes in other UF and university libraries. It also contains spaces for individual and team-oriented group study; conference rooms and classrooms.

New classrooms were also added and updated to add space and provide state of the art computer and multi-media technology. In all, the project encompassed expansion and renovation to 231,000 sf of space. All of the work over the two year construction period was carried out while classes remained in session.

This project won a 2006 Associated Buildings and Contractors Eagle Award for Best in its Category.

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