Construction Management And Advanced Manufacturing Building

President William F. Tate IV announced the vision for a new $107 million Construction & Advanced Manufacturing Building and a $15 million leadership gift from Art Favre, founder of Performance Contractors and a graduate of the first LSU construction management class in 1972. This new building will enable LSU to accomplish the goal of becoming a world-class leader in the construction management field, provide additional lab and faculty space, and increase capacity for advanced manufacturing and machining. The Construction & Advanced Manufacturing Building will be located on South Stadium Drive, across the street from Tiger Stadium. It will be the home of construction management, which will relocate from Patrick F. Taylor Hall, and will offer new and enhanced labs for research that will address challenges in construction. The new building will also free up space in existing facilities to accommodate projected growth in allied engineering departments. 

 

In addition to relocating construction management spaces from Patrick F. Taylor Hall, the new building will co-locate advanced manufacturing spaces spanning multiple disciplines. This will include state-of-the-art facilities for innovative materials production, as well as the design of transformative three-dimensional printing and construction methods that incorporate the latest capabilities in artificial intelligence and integrated sensing. LSU seeks to raise $75 million in philanthropic support for the project by spring 2026, with $36.3 million given to date by donors. During the 2024 Legislative Session, the State of Louisiana approved $32 million in capital outlay funds to meet the project cost of $107 million. The LSU Construction & Advanced Manufacturing Building is paced concurrently with LSU’s Library Learning Commons, a similarly transformative capital project.