After 69 years,\nCapers Hall has come down. The 75,000-square-foot building was demolished to\nmake room for a modern academic building to house the School of Humanities and\nSocial Sciences. The new facility is scheduled to be completed in two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n108,000-square-foot replacement will house classrooms, a performing arts\nauditorium, an art gallery and a computer lab for the Center for Cyber, Intelligence\nand Security Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Capers Hall\nReplacement Project comes with a price tag of $67 million.
\nThe South Carolina General Assembly provided $15 million to assist with the\nproject, and several donors have stepped forward with generous gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The architectural\ndesign will align with the iconic design elements of other campus structures,\nincorporating both traditional and transitional elements in the three-story\nfacility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are having the concrete, masonry and stucco material, recovered from the demolition, crushed and recycled so that we can use it to build the new site foundation and parking area,\u201d said retired U.S. Navy Commander Jeff Lamberson, \u201985, vice president for facilities and engineering. \u201cThe metal from the old facility will be recycled. There are also some distinctive lighting and ironwork features that will be repurposed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n