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BUILDING BLOCKS: UW-River Falls looks forward to science and technology innovation center
Rendering courtesy of BWBR Architects
BUILDING BLOCKS: UW-River Falls looks forward to science and technology innovation center
By: Ethan Duran//December 6, 2023//
Listen to this articleADDRESS: 262 E. Cascade Ave., River Falls
SIZE: 136,000 square feet
COST: $117 million
START MONTH: October 2023
COMPLETION: January 2026
OWNER: Universities of Wisconsin
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Market & Johnson, Eau Claire
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: GRAEF, Madison
LEAD ARCHITECT: BWBR Architects, Madison
PROJECT SIGNIFICANCE: In October, Market & Johnson broke ground for the new Science and Technology Innovation Center, called SciTech, at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls campus. University officials said the STEM center is the campuses’ largest project in history and will be constructed in the footprint of the former Hagestad Hall. The state supported the project with $111.73 million enumerated in Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-23 budget, legislative documents showed.
The around 136,000-square-foot center will have more than 30 undergraduate research spaces and 12 instructional labs, according to the university website. The center includes three wet bench research labs, a makerspace, a fabrication lab, a collaboration area, a conference room and offices.
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