If you drive through the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus on Birmingham’s Southside during the summer months, you’ll see several projects under construction. A couple are close to completion, while others are just breaking ground.

The new buildings and renovations happening at UAB include residence halls, classroom buildings, and infrastructure changes.

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This year's construction follows a pattern of expansion across UAB. Earlier this year, construction on a new 17-story, mixed-use student housing development near Five Points South began ahead of a scheduled completion in 2020. That building will include 199 residential units and accommodate 522 residents.

Last year, the School of Nursing building in the heart of campus on University Boulevard underwent an expansion and renovation that cost $32 million.

Also last year, several more buildings opened: The UAB Police Department and Public Safety Headquarters, the Collat School of Business, and the Intramural and Club Sport Field Complex.

Check out all the new projects coming to UAB this fall and next year.

Some dollar figures were changed to reflect full total cost, including construction and furnishings.

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Honor’s College

The University of Alabama system board of trustees recently approved a renovation to the old Snoozy’s Bookstore on 10th Avenue South for a facility that will house UAB’s Honors College.

Officials say the university honors students will still use the Spencer’s Honors House on campus, but the Honor’s College has expanded and needed more space.

The renovation of Snoozy’s for the Honors College Building is scheduled to begin in August and be completed by May 2020. The renovation will encompass the entire two-story, 11,000-square-foot building and will cost about $3.55 million. The exterior grounds will be leveled and developed into a landscaped courtyard, UAB officials said.

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Technology Innovation Center

The BOT also approved the final stage of planning for a $26.5 million technology facility center to be located at the intersection of 17th Street South and Ninth Avenue South. That building is expected to open in late 2020 or early 2021.

The 40,000-square-foot UAB Technology Innovation Center will house the campus internet connectivity and technology infrastructure and host colocation services to offer power, bandwidth, cooling, and physical security for servers used by departments across campus, according to the school. The new building will provide a state-of-the-art facility for the UAB’s data center and a several UAB IT employees.

The new building will replace the Rust Computer Center and will host the fastest high-performance research computer in the state and the data highway that connects researchers throughout the University of Alabama system, officials from UAB said. The center will also house an "innovative and cost-efficient" Tesla Powerpack battery system that increases system reliability and availability while reducing the carbon footprint and a number of innovative features to meet the technology needs of UAB students, faculty, researchers and clinicians.

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University Hall: College of Arts and Sciences

Final inspections are in progress on the new University Hall building located on 10th Avenue and 14th Street South.

The College of Arts and Sciences serves more than 50 percent of the students at UAB through one of its 31 majors and 46 minors, the university reported. All of the undergraduate students, regardless of their majors, are taught by the College of Arts and Sciences for their core classes.

The college currently occupies roughly 350,000 square feet of space in 14 buildings across campus, including in the Humanities Building, which was dedicated in 1971. "No one at that time could have imagined the growth, scale, and reputation of UAB as we know it today — the most important international university in the state of Alabama," a release on the UAB website said. "While the Humanities Building has served UAB well for 45 years, it was not designed to support 18,000 students. The facility is simply too small, and it doesn't have the modern expectations to teach the undergraduate curriculum in 2016."

The College of Arts and Sciences Building will host a grand opening on August 22.

Cost: $39.5 million

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Track and Field Complex

The university's new track and field complex is complete and was finished earlier this summer. It's located next to the soccer field and shares a pressbox, concessions stand, bathrooms and ticket booth with the BBVA Compass Field. The oval track is capable of hosting a "diverse mix of meets, including NCAA, conference and high school events," according to news from UAB.



The complex features an eight-lane Mondotrack surface and each lane is 48 inches wide. Dual straights with discus, javelin and shot put throwing spaces are located in the infield and a hammer cage and jumps are just outside the track.

Cost: $3.5 million

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New Residence Hall

The new residence hall has yet to be named, but its projected to be complete by the fall of 2020.

Currently, the foundation and drilled piers of the structure are complete, while elevated slabs are in progress. The new residence hall will be able to house over 730 students and will be located on 10th Avenue South where the school’s former Sorority Square was located.

Cost: $74.75 million

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UAB-Proton International Proton Therapy Center

Construction of the state's first proton therapy center is about 95 percent complete, officials said. The major mechanical and electrical equipment start-up is finished, along with the interior finishes (like flooring, cabinetry, and paint).

The building construction is set to be complete by the end of June, and the first proton therapy patient is set to begin treatment in early 2020. The building received its temporary certificate of occupancy from the city of Birmingham.

Learn more about the process of proton therapy, and see the cyclotron, here.

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UAB Townhouse

Demolition on the UAB Townhouse began in early June and is set to be complete in August. There are no approved plans on what's going to take over that spot on University Boulevard.

This is the same building where the former Sitar Indian Restaurant was located.

Cost: $810,000

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Beach Volleyball Courts

The courts were completed in May and have UAB-logo windscreens surrounding the sand. The 2019 season was the beach volleyball team's most successful season in program history, according to the university.



The team won a record 14 matches during the season, and had its toughest schedule in school history with match ups against more than a dozen nationally ranked teams.

Cost: $700,000