By Mary Shinn | Military.com (via Colorado Springs Gazette)
The Air Force Academy estimates over time that one of its two dormitories will need almost $600 million to remodel.
Sijan Hall, built in 1968, is expected to need a major remodel to upgrade its heating, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems. It also needs work to renovate window walls, bathrooms, cadet rooms and workspaces, an academy spokesman said. It’s a six-story building with 625,000 square feet housing 891 dorm rooms.
The academy expects the work on the building could take place over five phases and cost $597 million, a written statement said.