OPUS DESIGN BUILD TO RENOVATE RESIDENCE HALLS IN IOWA

DECORAH, IOWA — Luther College has selected Opus Design Build to renovate two residence halls, Miller Hall and Dieseth Hall, on its Decorah campus. Design preparations for the $7.5 million project are under way. Renovation on Miller Hall is scheduled to begin in May and conclude in late August, while renovations on Dieseth Hall will begin summer 2012 with completion in fall 2012. The two eight-story, 368-bed residence halls will receive mechanical upgrades, new furniture and finishing details in the student rooms, the addition of four-person suites on each floor, upgrades to kitchenettes and laundry rooms, renovations to study rooms and social lounges, the addition of sound-proof music practice rooms, and new shower rooms with water-saving fixtures. Opus Design-Build is serving as the design-builder on the project. Performa Higher Education completed the schematic design for the renovation, while Opus AE Group will complete the working drawings and is the architect of records.