This summer, the In-House Construction team will be undertaking a wide range of renovation and improvement projects across campus. These efforts are part of an ongoing commitment to maintaining and enhancing the functionality, safety, and appearance of university facilities.
From classroom updates and office renovations to major interior painting and specialized lab modifications, the team will address both routine maintenance needs and strategic upgrades.
The work includes improvements to lighting, flooring, furnishings, and building systems, as well as significant overhauls of common areas and specialized spaces—ensuring that our campus is well-prepared for the academic year ahead.
In-House Construction Summer Projects List
Art + Architecture 325 – Lights, controls, ceiling, carpet, paint, and new table and chair
Austin Peay – Paint, floor, and finishes for remaining offices in a larger upgrade project
Baker School 204 & 205 – Lights, controls, and sound masking
Blount Hall – Furniture removal/replacement for lobby floor grinding and polishing
Brehm 130, 134-136, & 142 – Paint, clean/wax floors, replace chair rail and cove base, and new table, chair and whiteboards
Fred Brown Residence Hall – painting entire building interior
Claxton 101 – Suite renovations
Communications & Student Services – analog clocks switched over to digital
Communications 237, 240, 243, 244, & 246A – installation of soundproof doors and glass
Dougherty 416, 429, 501, & 517 – Lights, controls, paint, whiteboards, clean & wax floors, replace base, and new instructor chair
Haslam 501 – audiovisual work to install electric and data panels
Hesler 606, 608, & 609 – New lab equipment and flooring, patch/paint walls
Hodges 171 – Suite 171 Census Bureau
HPER – Finish demolition
Humanities 123 – Lights/control panel work
Jessie Harris Building – Suite 115 renovations
College of Law 237, 241, & 242 – Soffitt demolition, ceiling rework (including sprinklers/diffusers), new carpet, paint, and new screen
Law Library – Renovations to 2nd floor conference room and offices
College of Law Taylor Wing – Paint 1st and 2nd floor common areas and install new carpet in 2nd floor commons
McClung Tower 1008E – Abatement, painting, and replacing flooring
McClung Tower 1101A & B, 1102, 1116 B & C, and 1121 – Painting in all spaces and new flooring in 1101B & 1121
Morgan Hall – Remove carpet, refurbish original wood floor, paint, power and new lighting in main area
Mossman 541 B1 – Remove sink and install work counter with base cabinets
Nielsen Physics 604 – Convert space and lab into a conference room
Perkins – Abatement and concrete grinding/polishing of hallways on all floors
Rocky Top Dining – Install stainless steel on doors
SERF – Install lab furniture, power, and gas lines
SERF 106 – Concrete pit area and hook up equipment
Senter Hall – Equipment hook up
Stokely Hall – Painting entire interior of building
Stokely Management – Build a new office and rework another
Student Union – Replace drink stations in Big Orange Grill/Mazzevo area
Tickle 502 – Create 3 offices
Vet Med – CVM lab conversion and lights, controls, paint, new carpet, furniture, and blinds, new chair rail and new whiteboards
Vet Med B101C – replace CT scanner
Volunteer Hall – Traditions, POD Market, Southern Kitchen all getting a refresh
Walters Academic – Renovation on the 2nd and 3rd floors
Zeanah 210, 310, and 410 – Emergency power and Phoenix valves
Zeanah 513, 515, and 517 – Combine lab spaces
Zeanah Engineering – Rad hood pproject
Zeta Tau Alpha House – Director’s suite renovation