Middle Tennessee State University officials recently cut the ribbon to officially open the new $40.1-million School of Concrete and Construction Management Building. The 54,000-square-foot facility will be an integrated and experiential learning laboratory for 135 concrete industry management majors and 200 commercial construction management students — a major change from the roughly 9,000 square feet of space they’ve been using in the Voorhies Engineering Technology Building. Among the building’s many features are a 200-seat lecture hall; a quartet of basic materials and building labs; a dedicated mechanical-electrical-plumbing classroom; a covered amphitheater and two computer labs, including a virtual design and … Read more