Places to Learn, Places to Advance Research, Places to Create.
JE Dunn works with colleges and universities across the country to build inspired places where the next generation is educated.
We maintain an Education Center of Excellence which is comprised of a group of talented professionals dedicated to building only educational facilities. Within this group, we understand higher education trends, campus challenges, and high-tech elements involved in these types of facilities.
Consistently ranked nationally as one of the largest domestic general building contractors and in the top 20 for Higher Education, JE Dunn has completed nearly 500 higher education projects totaling over $5 billion. With ovber a century of experience plus offices and clients across the country, our team will ensure an enjoyable experience while delivering a quality product.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
EMORY UNIVERSITY Health Sciences Research Building (HSRB) II
Atlanta, GA
JE Dunn completed construction on Emory University’s Health Sciences Research Building (HSRB) II. Located in the heart of Emory University’s active campus, the expansive site is bound on one side by the occupied Health Sciences Research Building I.
HSRB II is home to the Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHCS) and the School of Medicine (SOM). This new state-of-the-art research facility has both wet and dry laboratories, an imaging facility, BSL 2 and 3, Vivarium, Cyclotron, Hot Cell, MRI, PET/CT, faculty offices, formal and informal collaboration spaces, support and conferencing spaces and connections to the auditorium and café at HSRB I.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Stevenson Center
Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University contracted JE Dunn to expand its laboratory and research footprint through the demolition of the existing Stevenson Center 6 and building a new larger, moreefficient wet laboratory research building in its place.
The existing Stevenson Center 6 building is 10 stories tall with 2 levels below grade and approximately 96,000 SF. The program for the new facility is approximately 235,000 GSF with 2 below grade and 8 above grade that are occupied, plus 1 additional floor that is a mechanical penthouse for a total of 11 floors, 9 of those above grade. Functions inside the building will include open wet laboratories, lab support, imaging, open work areas, collaboration/conference room areas as well as building support spaces and circulation.
235,000 SF
million
& Centric
AUBURN UNIVERSITY STEM + Agricultural Sciences Complex
Auburn, AL
JE Dunn performed preconstruction services for Auburn University’s STEM + Agricultural Sciences Complex, starting in April 2021,and worked closely with the owner and design team throughout the planning phases. After successfully completing the preconstruction phase, the project was hard bid on June 29, 2023.
JE Dunn was subsequently hired as the CM-Agent representing Auburn University, overseeing all aspects of the project with an on-site staff. Services provided include schedule generation and analysis, VDC services, BIM coordination, lean services, field oversight, issue tracking, and change review. This cutting-edge facility, designed to foster cross-departmental collaboration and innovation is comprised of three threestory buildings, totaling approximately 265,000 SF Within these facilities, students and faculty from various departments will have access to modern laboratories, classrooms, collaborative spaces, and cutting-edge research instrumentation.
Goodwyn Mills Cawood
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER
STEM Building & Soules College of Business
Tyler, TX
The new 4-story academic facility focuses on science, technology, engineering, math and business programs. It features a 135-seat auditorium and several classrooms ranging from 35 to 90 seats. These classrooms are supported by several interactive lab spaces for various disciplines including metals and non-metals, robotics, software engineering, data mining, digital forensics, data analytics, networking, as well as labs that specialize in retail and consumer insights research and practical application.
In addition to the academic spaces, the project includes 60 faculty offices, a dean’s suite, and multiple open collaboration and study areas spread throughout the space to foster an immersive and interdisciplinary learning environment.
A new 100,000 SF, 3-level, 315-space parking garage was also included with this project.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Center for Engineering & Applied Research
Statesboro, GA
The new Center for Engineering & Applied Research (CEAR) facility at Georgia Southern University is the largest building on campus and provides a new home for the university’s growing Manufacturing Engineering Department.
The CEAR building is three stories and offers advanced equipment and technology and promote collaboration among engineering disciplines as well as interaction among students, faculty, and researchers. The facility features 33 unique laboratories for Additive Manufacturing (Metal 3D Printing), and Robotics and Automation. Design elements include high bay multi-user research bays with natural light, the use of nanomaterials, and a clean lab.
Additionally, the project includes an outdoor rooftop research space overlooking the mechanical penthouse.
132,000 SF
$46 million (est.) ARCHITECT
Stevens+Wilkinson SmithGroup
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute
Fort Collins, CO
Located on the South Campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, the C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute building houses equine and small animal surgery suites and an extensive array of imaging systems.
The first floor contains an MRI and CT, as well as a large surgical skills laboratory and instructional spaces utilized for training and continuing education. The second floor includes contemporary research laboratories designed with extensive flexibility. This floor also contains over 5,000 SF of innovation space to further and foster collaboration among various research groups. The third floor contains the executive offices, a large lecture hall, and an extensive gathering space for continuing education and training.
The building also features a three-story atrium that spans the entire length of building providing visual connectivity to many of the interior spaces that comprise the building.
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Cell Manufacturing Facility
Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech was chosen by the federal government to lead the National Cell Manufacturing Consortium, a collaboration of 15 academic institutions, 28 cell therapy companies, and the National Institute for Standards and Technologies (NIST).
This project involved the build-out of clean room space in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. The scope of work includes construction of a clean room facility for the newlyestablished Marcus Center for Therapeutic Cell Characterization and Manufacturing (“MC3M”).
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Tate Science & Teaching Lab
Minneapolis, MN
The Tate Hall Science and Teaching Labs, located on the University of Minnesota campus, is the 230,000 SF home of to the School of Earth Sciences and the School of Physics and Astronomy. The historic building features a rooftop observatory with an original and highly sensitive telescope. The space is split into thirds to serve the staff office space, student learning / lecture space and research labs.
The expansion and full renovation of Tate Hall enabled the departments of Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, and the School of Earth Sciences to occupy the building as well. The building houses lecture halls, general purpose classrooms, research and teaching labs, and administrative offices for faculty, staff, and graduate students.
230,000 SF
$76.8 million
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Vet Med Laboratory Building Ames, IA
This project included the phased renovation and expansion of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) and food animal teaching hospital at Iowa State University.
Phase 1 new expansion included an Imaging Area, surgical suites with medical gas and vacuum systems, intensive care with a nurse monitoring station, isolation wards, treatment rooms, and a large sorting pen with holding stalls.
Phase 2 was the remodel and construction of a 2-story addition that serves as a Small Animal Hospital including surgery, intensive care, treatment areas, exam rooms, specialty clinics, and animal housing and support spaces. The companion animal imaging areas were built in unfinished shell space created in Phase 1.
SIZE
127,000 SF
$28.3 million
ARCHITECTS
INVISION Architecture
ED2 International
STUDENT
HOUSING
THE MIX Georgia State University Student Residences Atlanta, GA
The Mix is a 26-story, 227-unit student housing tower. Located at the intersection of Piedmont and John Wesley Dobbs Avenues, the new tower provides privatized student housing for students at Georgia State University. The 113,500 SF attached parking garage includes 233 parking spaces. 8,200 SF of ground level retail is also included at street level.
Located in the vicinity of other Georgia State student housing developments, The Mix provides an upscale experience. The project features a resort-style heated saltwater pool with poolside cabanas, a 26th floor sky deck with views of downtown Atlanta as well as a fitness center, yoga and tanning areas, a dog park and a music recording studio.
SQUARE ON FIFTH
Student Housing
Atlanta, GA
Square on Fifth is a 25-story, privately developed student housing tower. While the project sits steps from the Georgia Tech campus, it also serves students from Georgia State University and other surrounding higher education campuses.
The building features retail at the street level and open office space at the lobby level on the second floor. An elevated plaza ties into Technology Square on 5th Street.
An amenity/pool deck with stunning views of midtown and downtown Atlanta is on the 25th floor. Square on Fifth is unique in that it is the only such private housing essentially “on” the Georgia Tech campus.
THE BROADVIEW AT VANDERBILT Graduate & Professional Student Housing
Nashville, TN
Located in midtown Nashville, The Broadview is the first purpose-built community designed specifically for Vanderbilt University’s graduate and professional students. The 338,000 SF building houses 616 students in a mix of unit types including furnished studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom apartments with kitchens and washer/dryers.
The apartments are adjacent to campus and feature ground floor retail amenities that serve residents, but are also open to the surrounding community. A public courtyard, a fitness center, and a collaborative workspace are open to all graduate and professional students. Small, medium, and large conference rooms, as well as informal gathering areas inside and out, provide a variety of group working environments. A 13,000 SF“Co-Lab” provides a dedicated area for academic and entrepreneurial endeavors.
BERRY COLLEGE
Residence Halls
Mount Berry, GA
This LEED ® Gold project, for repeat client Berry College, is two, four-story dormitories. The units are a combination of single and double occupancy with a total of 349 beds. Both buildings house gang bathrooms, a laundry, a kitchen, a lounge, and study rooms on each floor.
The two main common rooms have high-end finishes with indoor/outdoor fireplaces, wood ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, and slate and reclaimed wood flooring. They are concrete structures with stone and brick veneer skin, shingle and metal roofs, and operable and double hung, aluminum clad, wood windows.
105,000 SF
million
Cooper Carry
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Cross Village Norman, OK
The building includes 416 units with a total of 1,235 beds. As a residential college, this complex builds on the University’s vision to develop living-learning environments with a strong sense of community. Reinforcing this concept within Cross, each of the four buildings is branded with a unique visual identity designed to unify its residents and enhance their sense of connection with each other. Additionally, the complex integrates a living-learning component with a faculty-in-residence apartment in each building. The live-in faculty member has an instructional specialty aligned with the students housed in their building, further blending the academic and social experiences of residents.
517,550 SF
ARCHITECTS
Studio Architecture
Clark Nexsen
THE CORNER
University of Texas at Austin Student Housing
Austin, TX
Located just a few blocks from The University of Texas at Austin, the Corner at West Campus is a 62-unit student housing apartment complex located in an active and congested area of Austin.
The complex includes a parking garage, leasing office, lounge area and internet cafe. The building consists of 2 levels of subterranean parking garage and at-grade level parking and public amenities constructed of poured in place concrete podium. Above the podium is seven stories of apartment units.
SPORTS
SPORTS
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Football Locker Room
Atlanta, GA
The Georgia Tech Athletic Association selected JE Dunn to provide renovations to the existing football locker room located in the North End Zone of Historic Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field. The project called for very high level finish upgrades and was delivered under a tight, non-negotiable schedule.
The space includes 116 new, custom-built lockers, a new pre-finished metal ceiling with Georgia Tech branding, LED lighting throughout as well as imported tile, new sinks, toilets and showers with high-end hardware. The space also includes a new hydrotherapy area with cold and hot plunge pools. Multiple new digital displays were also installed for versatility and branding opportunities.
7,500 SF
million
S/L/A/M Collaborative
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Kinnick Stadium North Stands
Iowa City, IA
A revitalized stadium took shape for the dedicated football fans of the University of Iowa. The primary goal of this project was to enhance the game day experience, and allow the premium areas to be used for non-game-day activities.
The existing general seating bowl was replaced by upper and lower seating bowls, with concourses on two levels. A premium club level was constructed between the two concourses and access was provided by an extension of the existing West Campus Center skywalk and/ or the grade level of the stadium via the stairs or the elevator. The club level is served by its own concessions and restrooms.
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium
Atlanta, GA
This project included demolition an existing one-story building at the west stands and building back a 26,997 SF, two-story structure. The new structure includes a concourse-level atrium that serves as an iconic point of entry to the stadium on game days and highlight the history of Georgia Tech baseball.
The building includes premium suite areas, renovated premium seating and a terrace view club overlooking the field and the Atlanta skyline. Along the third-base concourse, upgraded fan amenities include new restroom facilities, concession stands and an outdoor plaza. Lastly, the renovations added a new and expanded indoor training facility that includes three batting cages, two pitching tunnels and a state-of-the-art player development center, which blends technology and analysis using a pitching lab, hitting area and video room.
ARCHITECTS
Populous Collins Cooper Carusi
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex
Brookings, SD
JE Dunn completed the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex for South Dakota State University, two distinctly different buildings:
Indoor Practice Facility (IPF) | The IPF has a gross area of 156,000 SF with a ceiling height below the structural trusses at 65 feet. The exterior of the facility consists of precast, metal wall panels and translucent panels. The facility includes an 80-yard synthetic turf field which includes both end zones to be used for a multitude of sports, i.e. football, track and field, soccer, baseball, etc.
Human Performance Facility (HPF) | The HPF is a 2-story facility that has a gross area of 20,000 SF. The exterior consists of metal panel and glazing. This facility includes treatment/ training areas, a new weight room, rehabilitation facilities, along with associated support spaces. Construction of the facility took place while allowing the existing Dykhouse StudentAthlete Center to remain operational.
Architecture Incorporated
Crawford Architects
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Football Stadium
Atlanta, GA
The re-purposing Turner Field from baseball to Georgia State’s football stadium initially included 23,000 seats, with an additional 10,000 to come in a future phase. The project included construction of a new seating bowl, installation of FieldTurf and new lighting. JE Dunn demolished the areas that formerly served as the bullpen, dugouts and lower portions of the seating area.
A new locker room was built and all lockers featured half inch vents located in the storage box beneath the seat and on both the bottom and back walls. Each locker also features a lockable personal storage box with a power receptacle and two USB ports for charging personal devices.
n/a COST
$17.1 million
ARCHITECT
S/L/A/M Collaborative
BERRY COLLEGE
Steven J. Cage Athletic & Recreation Center
Mount Berry, GA
This is a Georgian style athletic facility for Berry College near Rome, Georgia. The threestory plus mechanical penthouse complex includes a 130-seat natatorium featuring an eightlane pool, a performance gym, a multi-activity gym, a fitness area, an elevated, 624-footlong, indoor running track, basketball and racquet ball courts. There are 1,946 seats in the convocation area with up to 900 more on the floor.
Hastings & Chivetta Architects
CLASSROOM ADMINISTRATION
CLASSROOM & ADMINISTRATION
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
John Seigenthaler Center Conversion
Nashville, TN
The Vanderbilt Seigenthaler Center renovations project revitalizes a key campus facility to better support the university’s evolving administrative, academic, and collaborative needs. Spanning three floors, the renovation enhances both functionality and aesthetics, creating a modern, efficient, and welcoming environment for staff, faculty, and visitors. Renovations include an auditorium, restrooms, lobby, office, and conference spaces.
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Administrative Office Suite for the College of Architecture and Design
Knoxville, TN
The scope of this project includes 1,800 SF of several offices, formal and casual meeting/ gathering spaces and visibility to two of the three main entrances to the building. The existing kitchen will be expanded and moved to a new location in the suite with appliances for internal use and enough space for outside catering services for meetings, events, and guests. Finishes will include glass fronts to offices, high acoustical dampening office ceiling tile, and open acoustical ceiling systems to hide existing HVAC units in the open space.
Smith Gee Studio
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS
William J. Hybl Sports Medicine & Performance Center
Colorado Springs, CO
This project is a partnership between UCCS and Penrose/St. Francis-Centura Health. The collaboration brings together a unique combination of clinical practice, undergraduate and graduate education, combined with clinical, faculty and student research.
Three distinguished centers of are housed within the Hybl Sports Medicine & Performance Center, including the Center for Tactical and Occupational Performance, the Center for Active Individuals with Physical Disabilities and the Center for Human Health & Performance in Extreme Environments.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Seaton Hall School of Architecture Manhattan, KS
The College of Architecture, Planning & Design at Kansas State is consistently ranked among the top architecture schools in the country, yet the aging facilities could not support the innovative culture that was taking place within the program.
The collaborative project team provided a cutting-edge learning environment by blending a new expansion with two renovated buildings. The renovation portion included the demolition and updating of 82,300 SF across two buildings and the addition was a four story building.
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Gallogly Hall
Norman, OK
Gallogly Hall provides the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering students and faculty with world-class biomedical engineering facilities to learn, study and research. The building also benefits students throughout the Gallogly College of Engineering, housing the offices of the college’s Diversity and Inclusion program, 10 classrooms and teaching labs, a vivarium, group meeting spaces, a maker’s space, a rooftop terrace, and a large “living room”.
All undergraduate students throughout the University taking chemistry through the College of Arts and Sciences also will benefit from Gallogly Hall, with the second floor dedicated to bench chemistry, biology and undergraduate biomedical labs.
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER Business School
Denver, CO
This 3-story university building classroom addition was conducted for the University of Colorado Denver Business School. The project consisted of a structural infill and tenant improvement of the existing courtyard.
The infill project included a 300-plus-seat event space, two large classrooms, a catering kitchen, an auditorium, and a business incubator space collectively known as the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Student Innovation Center Iames, IA
The new Student Innovation Center is a highly flexible, dynamic space that encourages experimentation, experiential learning, co-curricular activities, innovation and interdisciplinary investigation.
This facility has space for prototyping, fabrication, computer-aided design and virtual reality. Flexible furniture, reconfigurable layouts and technology-rich environments are a key component that supplied the philosophy behind this project.
MERCER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Hoskins Building
Savannah, GA
Mercer University’s Savannah Campus has been developed to educate physicians and health professionals to meet the primary care and overall health care needs of rural and medically under-served areas of Georgia.
This expansion increased the number of medical students the Savannah campus is able to accommodate from 160 to 240. The facility now houses lab space, exam rooms, simulation labs, a medical library, classrooms and study spaces, and the Dean’s office.
PERFORMING
PERFORMING ARTS
COTTEY COLLEGE
Judy & Glenn Rogers Fine Arts Building
Nevada, MO
Staying true to bridging the past with the future is the new Fine Arts Instructional Building named by the board as The Judy and Glenn Rogers Fine Arts Building. As part of the proposal for the new Fine Arts Instructional Building, Neale Hall was surveyed and deemed structurally sound.
The new facility included a renovation of Neale Hall attached by an atrium to a newly constructed addition immediately to the west of Main Hall. A skywalk connects this facility to Main Hall. Students participate in music, theatre, and dance, as well as, ceramics, printmaking, painting, photography, and other fine arts. For many years the arts have been housed in disparate and insufficient spaces across campus.
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS
Ent Center for the Arts
Colorado Springs, CO
This visual and performance arts center for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) included a black box theater with supporting spaces and offices for the academic theater and dance departments, a theater and supporting spaces for TheatreWorks, an intimate 250 seat recital hall in support of the music department, a 750 to 800 seat performance space/theatre, and the Gallery of Contemporary Art. It also included additional learning/rehearsal space, a public reception functional lobby and “back-of-thehouse” support spaces that provides support for community programs.
92,000 SF
$49.2 million ARCHITECT
Semple Brown Design H3 Hardy Collaboration
BERRY COLLEGE
Ford Auditorium
Mount Berry, GA
The makeover of historic Ford Auditorium at Berry College in Northwest Georgia is a delight for artists and audiences alike. With a sweeping modernization of the college’s signature venue for music performance, which also serves as a centerpiece for music education, the project’s high notes include interior demolition, preservation and restoration, remedial waterproofing, and upgrades to spaces and elements throughout the facility — lobby, restrooms, acoustical curtain systems, green room, storage spaces, ventilation system, and multimedia capabilities among them.
GRACELAND UNIVERSITY
Shaw Center for the Performing Arts
Lamoni, IA
The 150-seat Carol Hall recital facility is acoustically-perfect and includes a beautiful outdoor amphitheater, a stunning atrium/lobby, the 500-seat Shaw Family Auditorium and a long, north-facing corridor Gallery showcasing contemporary still-lifes and landscapes of Canada, home to JR ‘56 and Carol Shaw, the donors who made the Shaw Center expansion possible. The Black Box Theatre addition was constructed with a tension grid system to allow for quick / custom theatrical lighting arrangement changes. The project was located on an existing and functioning college campus.
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY
Bo Bartlett Arts Center
Columbus, GA
The Bo Bartlett Center is an interactive art gallery located at the Columbus State University College of the Arts’ Corn Center for Visual Arts. Bartlett, the featured artist, is a Columbus native.
The facility, an adaptive re-use project located in a red brick, former textile warehouse, includes a large lobby area, a main gallery, a visiting artist gallery as well as storage, archive and office spaces. A skylight that spans the length of the building brings natural light into the space. The Center serves as an experimental learning center and hub for visual arts on Columbus State’s campus.
The most distinguishing feature of the main gallery is the system of moving, adaptable walls that allow curators to best suit Bartlett’s pieces, which are often life-sized. The largest moveable wall in the facility measures 17 by 30 feet and weights over 5,200 pounds.
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen
How We Build Better
Continuous Estimating (LENS)
JE Dunn’s approach to ensuring continuous alignment of scope and budget during preconstruction combines decades of cost history from hundreds to thousands of projects with proprietary technology that was developed in-house. Lens, comprised of four separate modules that work together, is JE Dunn’s estimating platform that allows us to link our conceptual estimating program with the project’s 3D Revit model.
Virtual Design & Construction (VDC)
Our VDC group are experts in leading multi-discipline teams utilizing industry leading technology including Laser Scanning, BIM, Quality Control, and Virtual Reality. Our focus is to ensure client expectations are exceeded by ensuring design intent and the performance of all systems is at the forefront. This includes coordination of all disciplines and a holistic approach to ensure spatial relationships, architectural aesthetics, and constructibility with consideration for current and future operations.
In-House MEP Coordination
With in-house MEP staff, JE Dunn has a greater ability to cost-effectively evaluate design options, coordinate MEP bid documents, assist with value-based MEP trade selection, and ensure bids received are thorough and complete. Once construction starts, we follow through includes on-site field inspections, precommissioning, and equipment start-up support.
Strategic Partnerships
JE Dunn Capital Partners
JE Dunn Capital Partners delivers equity investment and project finance solutions, leveraged with our construction expertise.
We provide a comprehensive Design-Build- Finance (DBF) platform for the completion of each project through equity investment, debt financing, and concessions. Through JE Dunn Capital Partners’ Design Build Finance (DBF) project structure, we assume responsibility for project financing, design and construction of the project.
Our structure focuses on an innovative and collaborative approach, with our public, healthcare and education clients, to ensure transparency, accountability, financing, delivery and life-cycle efficiency.
Aptitude
Aptitude manages the full scope of building connectivity, from concept to implementation, to bring together people, places, and technology. We help operators and occupants get more value out of their buildings with lower costs and increased efficiencies.
Aptitude brings customers, employees, designers, and operators together. We design and build a cost effective and fully integrated built environment to help you get the most out of the usable space in your building, one that improves the experience of everyone associated with it.
ATLANTA
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SAVANNAH
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NASHVILLE
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