NASHVILLE – Work on UTC’s five-story, 180,000-square-foot new library is expected to be completed in less than two years now that the building has been given final approval to proceed, university officials say.
State Building Commission members awarded a $37.2 million construction contract to Knoxville-based Rentenbach Constructors Inc.
The company won a competitive bid process to erect the building University of Tennessee at Chattanooga officials believe will become a “signature feature” on campus.
University officials hope construction can start in four weeks once the actual contract gets signed.
UTC Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Richard Brown said a library “is at the core of the academic program for any campus.”