NEWS Release

ADDING UP CONSTRUCTION

GREENSBORO -- During the construction of UNCG's new science instructional building, many people will put in hours laying bricks, installing light switches, and moving equipment into the new building. But just how many people, how many hours, and how many bricks?

Here is a sampling of the numbers related to the new building:

•  379,269 bricks
• 176,264 square feet
• 175 construction workers
• 700,000 man hours
• 40 contractors and subcontractors
• 600 light switches
• 6,100 light bulbs
• 8,000 electrical sockets
• 1 auditorium (with 300 seats)
• 4 lecture halls
• 25 teaching laboratories
• 1,200 plants in the new greenhouse
• 1,393 students enrolled in biology classes this spring
• 662 students enrolled in chemistry classes this spring
• 2,155 -- number of people the building will hold
• 976 dataports (1 Internet connection for every 2 students at lab benches)
• 69,160 square feet of green space added adjacent to new building
• $47,762,150 cost
• 19 chemistry and biochemistry faculty
• 32 biology faculty
• 10 months -- initial architectural design time

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