A new science building at the University of Kansas is getting closer to completion.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the final beam has been hoisted into place for the new $117 million Integrated Science Building. Several hundred people gathered Thursday in the partially completed building to celebrate the construction milestone.
The 28,000-square-foot building is the keystone of the university's $350 million Central District redevelopment project.
Funding comes through something called a public-private partnership in which a private, outside entity gives money for construction and then leases the building to a university until it's paid off.
The university says the goal is to complete the ...
A new science building at the University of Kansas is getting closer to completion.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the final beam has been hoisted into place for the new $117 million Integrated Science Building. Several hundred people gathered Thursday in the partially completed building to celebrate the construction milestone.
The 28,000-square-foot building is the keystone of the university's $350 million Central District redevelopment project.
Funding comes through something called a public-private partnership in which a private, outside entity gives money for construction and then leases the building to a university until it's paid off.
The university says the goal is to complete the ...