Construction

Construction

Building Excellence

UConn is one of our nation's top public universities, home to the brightest faculty and students who deserve the best spaces in which to live and learn. We are building state-of-the art facilities that foster imagination, cultivate relationships, and advance innovation.

UConn's strategic Master Plan provides the blueprint for improvements that will allow our flagship University to maintain its world-class status. UCONN 2000, 21st Century UConn, and in 2014, Next Generation Connecticut, the state's 10-year, $1.5 billion initiative, are transforming our facilities statewide, strengthening our research and education.

The following sampling of projects in planning, design, and construction represent key investments from those initiatives for UConn's future. For the most up-to-date information on these projects and others, including construction activity maps and quarterly construction reports please visit our website at updc.uconn.edu.

Athletic District Improvements

The University Athletics District Development project, completed in phases beginning in fall 2020, replaced existing outdated facilities with new baseball, softball and soccer stadiums. The project includes a new Performance Center with new locker rooms, offices, a strength and conditioning space, and conference and support spaces. Programming, site planning, and coordination with a renovation of existing facilities at Freitas and a potential future new ice hockey arena are under review. The project conforms to Connecticut High Performance Building Code regulations and is registered as a LEED project with a target of LEED-Certified.

UConn Athletic District improvements aerial view

Athletic District Improvements

The University Athletics District Development project, completed in phases beginning in fall 2020, replaced existing outdated facilities with new baseball, softball and soccer stadiums. The project includes a new Performance Center with new locker rooms, offices, a strength and conditioning space, and conference and support spaces. Programming, site planning, and coordination with a renovation of existing facilities at Freitas and a potential future new ice hockey arena are under review. The project conforms to Connecticut High Performance Building Code regulations and is registered as a LEED project with a target of LEED-Certified.

In Construction

Northwest Science Quad

Northwest Science Quad

In 2015 the University of Connecticut completed their Campus Master Plan which set forth planning principles to guide future development on campus. Comprehensive in scope, the master plan provides the organizing structure for future campus growth and modernization. This area in the science district is one of the primary components of the master plan and contains the future site of the next new science building. The site assessment will guide that project's development by determining the site's capacity while supporting a landscape framework that improves the pedestrian experience and more fully integrates additional future development into the science core and the campus.

UConn ice hockey rendering

Toscano Family Ice Forum

In 2013, the University joined the Hockey East Association for Men's and Women's ice hockey. By doing so, the University committed to building a 2,500-seat arena on-campus, and is currently working with a construction manager to develop the arena, an entrance plaza, parking facilities for approximately 350 vehicles and all associated infrastructure. The new arena is located in the recently renovated Athletics District and is scheduled to open early in the 2022-23 men's and women's ice hockey seasons.

Other Projects In Construction

Completed Projects

UConn Athletic District improvements aerial view

Athletic District Improvements

The University Athletics District Development project, completed in phases beginning in fall 2020, replaced existing outdated facilities with new baseball, softball and soccer stadiums. The project includes a new Performance Center with new locker rooms, offices, a strength and conditioning space, and conference and support spaces. Programming, site planning, and coordination with a renovation of existing facilities at Freitas and a potential future new ice hockey arena are under review. The project conforms to Connecticut High Performance Building Code regulations and is registered as a LEED project with a target of LEED-Certified.

Gant exterior building

Gant Renovations, Phases 1 & 2

Opened in fall 2017, this 110,000+ square-foot facility with specialized equipment and instrumentation brings together intellectual, physical, and technological assets to foster University-Industry partnerships for research, innovation, technology commercialization, and job growth for the State of Connecticut.

Other Completed Projects