Miller Hall to be renovated

Miller Hall will undergo major renovations beginning next year after the departments currently situated there move to new locations.

"Miller houses chemistry, physics and geology in facilities that are relatively unchanged since their original construction in 1972," said JW Myers, assistant vice president for academic resources.

"Building systems, discipline specific equipment and even basic architectural components have substantially exceeded their useful lives."

Win Hunt, director of facilities and construction, said after preliminary work is completed on the building, construction is set to begin in 2006 and will be completed in summer 2008.

David Brakke, dean of the college of math and science, said the physics and chemistry departments will move into the new chemistry and physics building being constructed next to ISAT this summer, with plans to move geology and environmental science to the Modular Building between the fall and spring semesters of the next academic year.