New pics of South Engineering Research Center

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<p>It is almost complete and ready for UA students and College of Engineering faculty. Took this last weekend on gameday. Will try to post additional pics of UA on gameday, and at other times, at the last of the following links. </p>

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<p>[University</a> of Alabama pictures by bamainatlanta - Photobucket](<a href=“http://s560.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/ss47/bamainatlanta/University%20of%20Alabama/]University”>http://s560.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/ss47/bamainatlanta/University%20of%20Alabama/)</p>

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<p>Thanks for sharing!</p>

<p>Can’t wait to see it all landscaped! the new Science Quad should be attractive.</p>

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<p>Thanks for posting, Atlanta; my son starts in UA Engineering fall 2012, so it is great to see the new College of Engineering building.</p>

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<p>The pictures I linked to don’t do it justice. It is a gorgeous and gigantic new building, and it will look even better when the landscaping is completed. I can imagine UA holding concerts, and festivals in the new Science Quad, or even using it for another center for gameday tailgating. </p>

<p>Also saw the new dorm going up next to Hackberry. It is so huge! Will try to link post pics of that soon as well. </p>

<p>Also, the Mars Spring restoration is really nice. It is now a very serene area. Even on gameday, it was a very quiet and lovely space to rest our feet.</p>

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<p>Forgot to mention. I also noticed a large new building going up behind Russell Hall. I know the latter is scheduled to undergo a complete renovation, including an exterior redesign to harmonize it with the surrounding campus architecture, but this new building that I saw looked like a separate facility. It must be the expansion part of the Russell renovation. But I was surprised how far it was from the back entrance of Russell Hall.</p>

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<p>At the Chicago reception, Dr. Karr said that over the last several years, the university was putting up a new building on average every 90 days! If major renovations were counted, it was one every 72 days. Amazing.</p>

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<p>Where are they getting the money to do all this work? Does most of it come in through the football team? Plus they give away so many tuition scholarships…</p>

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<p>The first 3 phases were funded thru federal earmarks (thanks Sen Shelby) and a capital campaign drive. While I don’t like seeing fed earmarks paying for museums for some odd mouse or bridges to nowhere, I think earmarks for college science buildings is money well-spent. Bama received more fed earmark money in 2010 than any other university in the country (nearly 60 million that year alone). :)<br>
[University</a> of Alabama tops federal earmarks list | TuscaloosaNews.com](<a href=“http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100430/news/100429415]University”>http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100430/news/100429415)</p>

<p>With the recent loss of earmarks, the university said that they still have funds to continue. That’s likely because of the way funds are raised ahead of time (learned that trick with church fundraising…you raise money while something’s currently being built for the NEXT project you need…people give when they see stuff going up.)
[Earmark</a> loss won’t halt construction | TuscaloosaNews.com](<a href=“http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110116/NEWS/110119728]Earmark”>http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110116/NEWS/110119728)</p>

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<p>[Science</a> and Engineering Complex Phase IV - Buildings - The College of Engineering - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://eng.ua.edu/buildings/seciv/]Science”>http://eng.ua.edu/buildings/seciv/)</p>

<p>see bottom of page for new aerial shots of the entire complex</p>