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Building Projects

Drive down University Avenue, and you’ll see a campus transforming around you.

When you have great faculty and great students, you must have great facilities in which to teach and learn.

A capital project is a construction project that aims to improve or maintain the infrastructure of the university. Those projects include expansions, renovations, new buildings, and other campus improvements that prepare us for the future.

As the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration continues to celebrate the completion of its new building, more new projects lie on the horizon.

Upcoming Capital Projects in Academic Affairs

The following projects rely on private support to become a reality. Contact the UND Alumni Association and Foundation to learn how you can build the future for students at the University of North Dakota.

STEM Complex

STEM complex rendering

The University of North Dakota is answering an urgent need for a modern STEM Complex that will enable students, researchers, and faculty to thrive. The project will be designed to support collaborations between internal programs and external partners.  The new STEM Complex is an opportunity to transform the environment in ways that enable wonder and discovery. The facility will:

  • Break down barriers by bringing engineers, scientists, and mathematicians together in a way that our current facilities cannot.
  • Enhance collaborations to accelerate the growth of industry in our region.
  • Build the economy of the future by allowing companies to fully utilize the intellectual resources at UND, while giving our students and faculty the opportunity to work on real-world problems and address the most critical needs of our state and region.

Flight Operations Center

flight operations complex exterior

The new Flight Operations Center will reflect the quality of the world’s leading collegiate flight training program. Located at the heart of the UND Aerospace Flight Operations Complex, the project will:

  • Update the connecting hangars and faculty/staff building
  • Create a modernized space to streamline activities
  • Showcase aviation excellence

Under Construction

The UND campus infrastructure has changed in a variety of ways in recent years. As we seek to build, enhance and maintain exceptional university facilities we strive to keep the campus and community informed about our various construction projects and future renovation planning. We have broken ground and construction is underway on these Academic facilities. 

Merrifield Hall 

merrifield hall exterior

The renovation of Merrifield Hall and surrounding sub-projects will make it one of the top instructional spaces on campus. 

This project will support today's active-learning classrooms by providing:

  • Proper technology (Wi-Fi access)
  • Modern features (better lighting)
  • Better spaces (reconfigurable classrooms and abundant common areas)

Campus Renewal

UND construction, planning and restoration updates.

Road Construction – Campus Road & State Street – Wednesday, July 9th
Wednesday, July 9th Campus Road from the Transportation Building to the coulee bridge and all of State St. will be milled in preparation for a new overlay planned for next week. Opp Construction will be on site. Roads will only be close in sections if needed and Opp Construction will have flag people on site […]
7/7/2025
10:55AM
English Coulee bridge maintenance begins this week
The City of Grand Forks will begin maintenance on the English Coulee bridge along University Avenue this week. Pedestrians and cyclists should expect sidewalk detours in the area around the construction zone. The pedestrian sidewalk on the north side of the bridge will remain open. The sidewalk on the south side of the bridge and […]
6/26/2025
3:12PM
2nd Ave Road Construction – Road Closure and Detour Routes – Phase 2 of 3
Phase 2 of 3 will begin on Monday, June 30th: A portion of Red Jarrett Way/2nd Ave North will be closed starting east of the Hyslop at MV1 driveway and extending to the west side of the 25th street intersection. This will close the west entrance in the Pollard Athletic Center parking lot requiring a […]
6/25/2025
8:37AM
New Flight Operations Building and Hanger – Groundbreaking
    Wednesday, May 28th, the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences celebrated the Groundbreaking for a new Flight Operations Center and Hangar.  
5/28/2025
3:07PM

More Campus Renewal Updates

 

Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Twamley Hall Room 302
264 Centennial Drive Stop 8176
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8176 
P 701.777.2167

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