Site work and new construction of an educational facility in State College, Pennsylvania. Completed plans call for the construction of a 279,000-square-foot, five-story above grade, one-story below grade educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

The Penn State University West 1 project is an estimated $167M, 284,000 square foot new Research & Teaching building on the West Campus of Penn State - University Park Campus in State College, Pennsylvania. The project will consist of a new building located at the terminus of the Westgate ramp on the north side of the new West Quad. The West 1 building will be PSU's new "Heart of The College of Engineering" and "iconic arrival point at the West Campus", housing multiple College of Engineering programs including: The Department of Aerospace and Acoustics; the Department of Architectural Engineering; and the Department of Civil Engineering. The space typologies in the program include the following: General Purpose Classrooms, Teaching Labs, Wet Labs, Small Equipment Labs, Large Equipment Labs, Computational Labs, Office and Departmental Commons, Conference Space, the Learning Commons, general Building Support spaces, and a Cafe. All have different standards, subgroups and benchmarks that continue to be verified and evolve through the design process. West 1 will have a large auditorium in the basement, as well as additional general-purpose classrooms of various sizes, group study rooms, faculty offices, and multi-media production rooms. There will be teaching labs and various specialized research labs such as the Pressurized Wind Tunnel, Anechoic Chambers, and Flight Simulators. Bidders must be prequalified by The Whiting-Turner Conracting Company. For information about the prequalification process contact Kyle Loeb at email kyle.loeb@whiting-turner.com Bid Result : 1 - TC26: Electrical, Fire Alarm, Telecom., AV Rough-In, Security - Arrow Electric Inc - $16,435,379 2 - TC22: Plumbing - Wayne Crouse, Inc - $9,772,000 3 - TC23: HVAC Piping & Ductwork - The Farfield Company - $14,780,315 4 - TC21: Fire Protection - Triangle Fire Protection, Inc. - $1,849,780 5 - TC25: Building Automation Controls - Conexus - $1,780,000 6 - TC08: Curtainwall, Glazing, Skylights, Entrances - R.A. Kennedy and Sons, Inc. - $13,086,000 7 - TC16: Foundations (Micropiles) - Coastal Drilling East, LLC - $1,986,560