College of Medicine to use new designs, technology


New equipment and 21st century design will be available for students enrolling in Central Michigan University’s College of Medicine.

The College of Medicine building, which has been in construction as an addition to the Health Professions building since May, was designed with a variety of different rooms and areas with specialized purposes.

Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of facilities management, said the building will have 24 faculty offices, 10 small group study rooms, learning commons, quiet study areas, two lecture rooms, a large lecture hall, student affairs suite, a series of exam rooms, two anatomy labs, a small library and a simulator room.

Lawrence said the simulator room will be one of the most impressive features of the new building. It will give medical students the chance to practice what they have learned on specially designed mannequins.

Central Michigan University chose URS Corporation to design the facility. He said there was a long and careful process in choosing the design firm.

“We put out requests for proposals and then from there narrowed it down to the best project design teams,” Lawrence said. “We then selected the team that we felt was strongest.”

URS also designed the new Michigan State University medical facility in Grand Rapids. Lawrence said CMU has previous experience with the engineering and construction corporation.

“URS was the company that we used to design the library,” Lawrence said.

The company cooperated with planning and design firm Ellenzweig for the construction of CMU’s new medical building.

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