BYU begins construction of new life Sciences Building.

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Provo - The BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY board of trustees approved the construction of a new Life Sciences Building to be built on the south end of campus. The Life Sciences Building will include 265,000 square feet of teaching and research space for the College of Life Sciences and will be constructed on the hillside directly south of the John A. Widtsoe Building.

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"The new Life Sciences Building will serve as a gateway for the south end of the BYU campus," says Brian Evans, chief financial officer and administrative vice president at BYU. "It will be a welcoming and inviting building and will include a center corridor that will lead students directly up the hill to campus."

The Life Sciences Building will have a total of five levels, including a three-level, 250-stall parking structure that will be integrated into the building. The building will be built at the current location of the Benjamin Cluff Building, which will be razed prior to construction.

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