The University of Nevada, Reno said its $91 million engineering building will be state of the art.

The William M. Pennington Engineering Building is one of of many construction zones on the growing college campus.

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“A while back I got a tour of engineering; it was apparent we needed a new building, a foundation for the new Nevada economy,” Gov. Brian Sandoval said at the groundbreaking of the site earlier this week. “When I talk to the heads of corporations about coming to Nevada, the first question they ask is, ‘Where do we find our engineers?’"

The building will be 100,000 square feet and have 40 faculty offices, 150 graduate work stations and more than 40 laboratories. The building is being paid for through private donations, university funds and $41.5 million allocated by lawmakers during the 2017 legislative session.

Arts Building

The University Arts Building, a new 42,500-square-foot facility attached to the Church Fine Arts building via a skywalk, includes a 287-seat recital hall, museum, soundproof rehearsal spaces and recording studio.

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The $36.4 million building is expected to open in January. The building was paid for through university funds and philanthropy.

Manzanita Hall

The remodel of Manzanita Hall, one of UNR's oldest buildings, is expected to cost $9.4 million. Construction started in August and is expected to be complete by the summer of 2019 as a dorm for freshmen and transfer students.

Manzanita first opened in 1896 as a dormitory for women. The 32,493-square-foot brick building is on the south side of campus on North Virginia Street over looking Manzanita Lake.

The 122-year-old building closed abruptly in 2015 ahead of the fall semester when the State Public Works Division deemed it as possibly unsafe in an earthquake.

Mackay Stadium

UNR said it will spend $2 million, on top of the nearly $700,000 it spent in 2017, to fix mistakes made in a 2016 $14 million stadium renovation. The renovations that will start next year are expected to be completed over two years.

UNR said this renovation will fix problems the stadium has with being compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas of public life. For a project like the stadium renovation, it requires wheelchair and companion seats to be dispersed throughout the stadium and for those seats to have views of the field comparable to all other spectators'.

Recently completed projects at UNR

The 114,000-square-foot Great Basin Hall opened in August to 400 students. It is the newest of the eight residential complexes at UNR.

The E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center opened in February 2017. The $47.5 million project is a new fitness facility that includes an indoor running track, fitness classrooms, courts and weight and cardio machines.

Lombardi Recreation Center was renovated. The $5.2 million project included upgrades to basketball practice facilities and new space for the Liberal Arts Theater and Dance program.