Most of the natural sciences courses at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) are taught in the Roney and Science buildings, two connected 1960s era buildings totaling 45K GSF. Other than targeted investments in a few individual labs, these buildings are in original condition with significant functional deficiencies, conditions issues, and deferred maintenance liability. The Roney and Science buildings are not thoroughly utilized, in marginal to poor condition, and lack the distinctive design, construction, and material characteristics of many other mid-century campus buildings across the USG. These buildings are substandard for general occupancy, and especially deficient for natural science laboratory instruction and research. The proposed project is approximately 23,000 GSF of new construction anticipated to fully replace the instructional, office, and research functions currently in Roney and Science. The project is planned as an addition to the 82K GSF Carter Health and Human Sciences Complex (built 2011- 2012), where in recent years GSW has converted underutilized instructional spaces into three modern instructional labs (Chemistry, Biology, and Anatomy and Physiology) that primarily serve nursing and allied health majors.
