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UNM Makes Use of Summer to Improve Campus Near the southeast edge of the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) main campus in Albuquerque, the new $82.1 million Center for Collaborative Arts and Technology (CCAT) is rising from the ground. With a completion date of October 2026, the center, considered the hub of the College of Fine Arts, will include a 600-seat concert hall, exhibition and rehearsal spaces and flexible collaborative areas. Bradbury Stamm Construction is the contractor. “They've come up out of the ground at this point,” said Kurt Schlough, UNM’s facilities design and construction director. “The structure is concrete and steel. They're primarily working on the concrete structure at this point. So, there's a tremendous amount of rebar work that's underway, a tremendous amount of concrete formwork that's happening. They have two large tracked cranes at the site that are working to help them navigate a fairly tight footprint.” At 59,197 gross sq. ft., the Center for Collaborative Arts and Technology, also known as CCAT, is one of the largest projects under construction at the university this summer. Enrollment at the Albuquerque campus was approximately 23,000 students in the fall of 2024. Approximately 27,000 students are enrolled in the University of New Mexico system. With the student body mostly scattered until fall, Schlough said his department has the chance to do work that would be more difficult when classes are in session. “Typically, summer itself is incredibly busy,” he said. “It's one of the few times of the year when we have anywhere from 12 to 14 weeks where we can work without significant deterrence as far as noise and class schedules and things of that nature getting in the way. “It puts contractors on a pretty strict time limit, especially when we're dealing with dormitories and spaces that you need to occupy on specific dates by the start of the fall semester.” CCAT will be designed to meet or exceed LEED Silver
By David Holzel
A crane helps set the supporting foundation of the Center for Collaborative Arts and Technology (CCAT) at the University of New Mexico.
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V.4 certification standards, according to the university. With glass on three sides, the building “provides some incredible panoramic views of the Sandia Mountains,” Schlough said. Diller Scofidio + Renfro and ROMA Architecture are the project architects, and the university’s Jim Lloyd is the project manager. Equipment used included a John Deere 350 excavator with a hydraulic grapple, a John Deere 330 excavator with a hydraulic hammer, a Cat skid loader, two Bobcat skid loaders, a Volvo EC50 excavator with a bucket and claw and a Volvo EC60 excavator with a crusher claw. see UNM page 6
The university’s beloved Duck Pond gets a makeover.