The Fort Lewis College Student Union Addition and Renovation is a LEED Gold Certified project and is one of the most sustainable and technologically advanced Student Union’s in the nation. The Okland project team successfully completed this project; it included an extensive site work package and the hiring of 75% local subcontractors.

The project was on a fast-track schedule and was broken up into multiple packages so that construction on the extensive site package could start while 100% CDs of the building could be completed. Our team worked in the heart of an active campus in a phased approach to complete the project while maintaing student and faculty safety and full operations of the dining facilities throughout construction.

The Student Union includes central campus dining and conference facilities, student group suites and leadership offices, lounges and meeting rooms, a movie theater/performance space, the central campus post office, and retail spaces. The project includes site work and a 40,0000sf Student Union addition and 60,000sf College Union building renovation. The Student Union is a concrete structure and includes a $2 million kitchen/cafeteria, CNC MDF casework, exterior cement rainscreen system, and solar water heating and photovoltaic power systems.