Project Overview
Opening for Spring Semester 2012, the renovated East Gym will be a student center dedicated to recreational programming. The all-inclusive facility will offer students, faculty and staff a better work out experience with renovated spaces specifically designed for their intended purpose or activity.
Planning for the project began in 2005, and ground was broken in November 2010. While the exterior of the building will remain largely the same, the project will renovate virtually all internal areas of the East Gym.
The project includes:
- a renovated and expanded FitSpace (to 10,000 square-feet)
- three renovated multipurpose rooms for group fitness classes and club practices
- two renovated classrooms
- a new, dedicated wellness services suite
- renovated and relocated locker rooms
- renovated Outdoor Pursuits rental center
- improvements to the court area including a state-of-the-art gym floor
- consolidated administrative offices
- upgrades to central mechanical systems (HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, etc.)
Renovation Progress
Constructions photos and progress updates are posted monthly.
October, 2011
- Flooring for the gym and FitSpace has arrived and is being installed
- AV equipment has arrived and is being installed
- Mechanical systems are being balanced/fine tuned in some areas
- A variety of finishing work such as installing carpeting and flooring and painting continues
- Work on the main entrance is underway
- Lots of new exterior walkways in place
- New interior stair complete
September, 2011
- Most activity spaces almost complete
- Building systems being tested and commissioned
- Loading doc almost finished
- Work on new stairway and entrance continues
- Finishing work is progressing throughout the building
July, 2011
- The decking for the new women's locker room and Fit Space areas is in
- Dry wall installation is progressing quickly in a number of areas including offices, the main gym, Fit Space and multi-purpose room
- New windows have arrived and installation is underway
- Footings for the new loading dock have been poured
May, 2011
- Installing metal decking in the Fit Space area
- New windows have arrived and installation has begun
- Footings for the loading dock are in
- Dry wall work is underway in throughout including the gym, office area, wellness suite etc.
March, 2011
- Finishing up bleacher demo in gym area
- New concrete slabs poured on the ground floor in locker room and Outdoor Pursuits areas as well as first floor Fit Space area
- Framing and duct work underway on ground floor and first floor
- Ceiling removal/new installation in pool area
- Electrical rough-ins underway on ground and first floors
- Sprinkler system installation underway
- Demolition started on new entrance
- New perimeter drainage system functioned well in recent rains
January, 2011
- New water main installation complete
- Temporary lighting in place
- Gym bleachers removed
- Demolition & removal of mechanical equipment
- Scaffolding in place above pool
- Demolition of locker rooms, pool tile, pool bleachers
- Some wall framing and duct work has begun
Drawings & Floor Plans
The architect that designed the project was King & King Architects, LLP and LeChase Construction is the firm overseeing the renovation project. All drawings and renderings were provided by Fitness Design, Inc. Floor plans were provided by King & King.
The project cost is $13.5 million. Most of the project funding will come from critical maintenance funds that are part of the current SUNY Master Capital Plan. Critical maintenance funds are specifically designated to address areas of highest priority need by maintaining building conditions at an acceptable level. In the case of the East Gym, the funds have been earmarked to upgrade heating and ventilating, lighting and space utilization with the building.
