BRYAN, Texas — Texas A&M University-Central Texas celebrated the groundbreaking of its new Centralized Operational Reliability and Efficiency (CORE) Building, on Thursday, April 11.
According to the university, the building will house a central utilities plant, the University Police Department (UPD) and an emergency operations center (EOC), as well as training space for the UPD, offices for university staff and contracted employees and conditioned warehouse space with a receiving location for shipments and storage.
A&M-Central Texas said the new building is a "crucial element" in plans for growth in the university's future.
The university said the CORE building will connect campus utilities through "a centralized loop that will support existing and future structures for planned growth over the next 10 years". The university said centralizing control of utilities will help minimize expenses and increase campus efficiency.
The facility is also reportedly designed to accept renewable energy sources as they become available.
A&M-Central Texas said it expects campus growth in the next 10 years to include another academic building and possible residential spaces. The CORE building will provide much-needed office space and training space for campus personnel, according to the university.
Texas Representative Brad Buckley, who helped secure funding for the building, said it will be a great asset to the Central Texas economy.
"Today we celebrate the CORE building, a building that we helped provide funding for through the State Legislature that will really be a physical plant that will allow us to go to the next generation buildings for better teaching, for better research and for more opportunity for all Central Texans to achieve the dream of higher education," said Buckley.
More information on the project and the university's plans for the future can be found at this link.
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