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Overview, webcam, groundbreaking video. Project will demolish, renovate and construct a new Health Sciences Education Center for Academic Health Center at current site of VFW/ Masonic Memorial and Phillips-Wangensteen Building. Construction of new 7 story building (5 above grade) and interior renovation of 3 floors in Phillips-Wangensteen Building. Will incorporate Active Learning Classrooms, Simulation, a Knowledge Management (Library), Student Services as well as a variety of Student Study Spaces, an Inter-Professional Lounge and Event Space and Café.

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Two-section building:
Three-story podium and 11-story tower
138,000 gross square feet
89,000 net square feet
310 parking spaces
Total project cost: $80 million
State funds: $67 million
EVMS share: Bond issue and fundraising
Construction: April 2018 - April 2020
Occupancy: May 2020 - July 2020

This new 149,000 sq. ft. facility, with 310 space parking garage, will house the M1, M2 and Medical Masters programs and staff, as well as consolidating numerous academic support departments currently dispersed in multiple buildings both on and off the EVMS campus.

State-of-the-art instructional spaces will offer simulated, real-life situations for teams of students, faculty and health professionals in medicine, nursing, pharmacy and public health. The HSIB will offer flexible, large, medium and small group/team learning areas and clinical labs and simulation centers for a broad spectrum of instructional applications. The building interior was deliberately designed without columns to provide more flexibility of space in the future. Approximately 1,000+ people can be accommodated in the Forum for special events. Spaces known as “flipped classrooms” can accommodate up to 150 students for interactive learning. Terra cotta, a material that emulates brick, will create natural shade on the east façade where glass walls have been constructed.

Current Budget - $165,000,000
Projected Ultimate Budget - $165,000,000
Construction Schedule - June 2016 - May 2019
Phase - Occupancy
Design Professional - CO Architects
Delivery Method - CMR
GSF - 247,155

Set to open in 2022, the building will be on the historic Berryhill Hall site. The eight floors will include a 400-seat Active Learning Theater, two floors dedicated to clinical skills and simulated learning, and flexible labs, classroom, study and collaboration spaces. UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health Care leadership administration will move into the building together, reflecting the integration of the health care system and medical school. Designed by Flad Architects and SLAM Collaborative, the 172,000 square foot building will house eight carefully planned floors to support academic and clinical excellence, active learning, wellness and a holistic student experience.

Project Budget $105,100,000.00
Building will replace Berryhill Hall with a new facility that would allow the Medical Education program to compete with top medical schools across the country. Project includes immersive learning for simulation, standardized patients, surgical training, and skills labs to meet the most current thinking about the increased need for inter-professional practice and education. It also includes a more flexible and consolidated foundational sciences teaching space representing anatomy and physiology (human structures) and microbiology. Other program components include an Active Learning Theatre that can hold the projected class size of 230 medical students and also facilitate interactive, case-based learning; medical education classroom and seminar space; and medical education administrative and student interface space. Medical Education Building (MEB) expected to consist of 9 levels and an approximate total square footage of 174,000. The building height will be approximately 156'.