FAQs

• When will the New Frontiers project be completed?

  July 2024

• How much will it cost to build the New Frontiers Agricultural Hall?

  $115 million

• Who is paying for the New Frontiers Agricultural Hall?

  A capital campaign was launched Jan. 15, 2020, to raise $50 million from private donors. A $50 million contribution from the Ferguson Family Foundation, which $25 million is slated for the New Frontiers campaign, kickstarted the campaign. The additional $65 million is funded by OSU and other resources. Visit OSU Foundation New Frontiers for campaign progress.

• How many construction man hours will it take to complete the project?

  Phase 1 – 3,500 Man Hours

  Phase 2 – 275,000 Man Hours

  Total – 278,500 Man Hours

• How many people will it take working on the construction site to complete the project?

  During the peak of construction, 100-plus workers will be on site during a day. It is estimated 350-400 people will be involved with various work during the duration of the construction project.

Facility Fast Facts

• Size
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall will have 3 full floors aboveground that total 194,091 gross sq. ft. The building occupies an approximate footprint of 400 ft. x 200 ft. near the intersection of Monroe Street and Farm Road.
• Location
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall is constructed between Animal and Food Sciences building, Noble Research Center and Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center and near Greenhouse Learning Center, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Laboratory and Ag Hall, which will continue to be utilized for several OSU Agriculture functions. 
• Occupancy
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall is designed for 1,960 people (980 male, 980 female) with ADA compliant facilities.
• Shape
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall is designed in the shape of the Classic Georgian “C” with the outside “C” respectful of the overall OSU historic campus context. The inside of the western facing “C” contains a large amount of glass allowing visitors to view the technology contained within the building. 
• Departmental Suites
  There will be 6 academic departments and 3 programs and institutes in shared suites.
• Faculty Offices
  119 faculty offices are located mainly on upper floors to reduce noise and increase privacy. 
• Post-doc Offices
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall will have 5 double post-doc offices.
• Graduate Student Office Spaces
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall will have 237 graduate student office spaces. 
• Conference Rooms
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall will have 11 conference rooms. The conference rooms include an Executive Conference Room, 2 Courtyard Conference Rooms, 3 Stadium Conference Rooms, 2 Departmental Conference Rooms plus another 3 conference rooms.
• Club and Study Rooms
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall will feature 10 dedicated club and study rooms. 
• Huddle Rooms
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall will have 19 huddle rooms. 
• Undergraduate Activities
  Undergraduate activities are mostly located on lower floors to increase accessibility to classes and teaching labs. 
• Classrooms
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall will have three 32-seat classrooms, three 48-seat classrooms, one 72-seat classroom and one 175-seat tiered lecture hall that will accommodate 487 students simultaneously.
• Teaching and Computer Labs
  New Frontiers Agricultural Hall will have 13 curriculum-specific and shared teaching and computer labs. 
• Research Lab Space
  25,855 sq. ft. of new research lab space is being stacked vertically in the southern wing to facilitate intensive infrastructure sharing. Soils research labs are on the first floor, ecology research labs are on the second floor, and plant, genomi and digital ag research labs are on the third floor. Research labs have four growth rooms, space for seven growth chambers, numerous shared freezers and coolers, seed and grain archive, and dedicated sample prep and grinding spaces.