Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, Barbara Boyan, dean of the engineering college; and VCU President Michael Rao. Photo courtesy VCU.
Virginia Commonwealth University leaders and city officials broke ground Tuesday on a 133,000-square-foot research building that will expand the College of Engineering’s laboratory capacity and serve as a collaboration hub for students and faculty.
The Engineering Research Building (ERB), scheduled to open in 2020, will support advanced research and economic development with a design that emphasizes “makerspaces,” collaborative research facilities and gathering areas.
Richmond-based architecture firms Baskervill and Smith McClane Architects and Boston-based firm Goody Clancy designed the $93 million building, which is being financed by funds from the state, VCU and private support.
