MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management

MTSU’s School of Concrete and Construction Management is the perfect example of master plan implementation and how a building might set the stage for future campus expansion. The new two-story, School of Concrete and Construction Management (SCCM) serves the needs of the School of Concrete and Construction Management department as well as providing classrooms for the general student body.

The building is organized around the central atrium with distinct zones for office and industry events to one side and labs to the other, to isolate activity and acoustic needs. Windows provide safe views into college specific rooms from public areas to encourage everyone to be curious, ask questions and learn about the concrete industry. The upper floor alternates between classrooms, faculty offices and active and quiet lounges to promote interaction between the faculty and students and to provide ample space for students to use this area as their home on campus.

Outdoor spaces provide a place of rest for the general student body to the north, a working yard concealed to the west, where students can extend their work and projects outside the confines of the laboratories and classrooms, and a second courtyard to the east to support the department offices and program’s community and industry events.

“Designer, Orcutt Winslow and their consultant and engineers; contractor, Hoar Construction and our hardworking campus planning staff — Jamie Brewer and Bill Waits — “took our dream and put it to the test to build an iconic concrete building that will also showcase masonry, steel and wood to capture all the building materials possible for our students to see for the future.”
– Dr. Heather J. Brown, Professor in the School of Concrete and Construction Management, Middle Tennessee State University