northeast corner of East Dean Nicholson Boulevard and North Wildcat Way. The construction of Dugmore Hall is part of an exciting transformation of the north campus area, funded in part by the CWU Foundation, by student recreation funds, and by the university. Adjacent to Dugmore Hall is the university’s newest dining facility, the Northside Commons. The 6,150 gross square-foot dining facility features CWU first branded restaurant in 20 years, Panda Express. The commons also features CWU’s 1891 Café & Market, with coffee/espresso, grab-and-go food items, and other groceries. Dugmore Hall is the first progressive-design build (PDB) project at CWU. PDB facilitates involvement of the design-build team during the earliest stages of the university’s project development, ensuring they are part of the project team developing design solution. This promotes the greatest amount of collaboration between the three key players in the construction contract—the university, the designer, and the contractor. This innovative approach trimmed two years off the pre-design, design and construction phases. The value of this approach is evident in the shorter construction period, lower cost, and other building characteristics as detailed in the Project Quality Review summary, which follows this summary. Health Sciences This project will construct an 81,885 gross square-foot facility to house The Department of Health Sciences: Exercise Science, Clinical Physiology, Nutrition, Paramedicine and Public Health programs. The facility will go where Hertz Hall was formerly located. The legislature approved $32 million to complete construction, $3 million more than the legislature had budgeted in previous biennia. Bid opening for construction phase took place on September 19, 2019, with the construction phase groundbreaking planned for November 2019. The project is on time with substantial demolition of Hertz Hall in October, providing a smooth transition into the construction phase. Early indicators of the project are highly optimistic with the initial bid results for the next phase of construction coming in under budget with the inclusion of all add-alternates, including: AV equipment integration, elevator addition, and additional environmental equipment upgrades. With the approach of the next phase, certain risks, such as the pending results of the traffic impact study, may result in an additional project cost along with the possible delay in receiving the building permit. The new Health Sciences construction also triggered a supplemental capital request to increase capacity of our chiller plant, something that has been communicated to Legislature over the last few biennia. The project plan calls for occupancy of the new building by January of 2022. Health Education This project proposes to renovate and add to Nicholson Pavilion, which was constructed in 1959 as the “Health and Physical Education building.” The project modernizes and expands facilities for the Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and School Health (PESH) degree program, which is the largest provider of public-school health and fitness teachers for Washington State. The health professionals who graduate from this program are in high demand by K-12 schools and Washington communities. The project is led by an executive project team and will introduce new processes of executive stewardship throughout the design and construction phases. This will ensure the next stages of project execution are complimentary to the capital master plan and aligned with institutional goals.
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