LINCOLN — There are already two holes in the ground where the future Kiewit Hall will rise near 17th and Vine streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's City Campus.
The 181,500-square-foot facility will redefine the College of Engineering's footprint at UNL when it opens to students in the fall of 2023 as a new hub for engineering education.
On Monday, UNL ceremonially broke ground on the privately funded $97 million facility, which is part of a larger effort to renovate engineering facilities as part of a plan to grow the college from 3,200 to 5,000 students.
"It is a big day for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the state of Nebraska, and the field of engineering," Chancellor Ronnie Green told a reception inside Othmer Hall, which will connect to Kiewit Hall via skywalk.
Construction on the facility is expected to ramp up this fall as work continues at the nearby Scott Engineering Center and the Link, the subject of a partnership between the university and the state of Nebraska. The construction at the Link involves an 87,000-square-foot facility, which replaces the former 25,000-square-foot facility.
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