More than 25 UCCS students, faculty and staff members gathered outside the Alpine Garage to watch a final piece of structural steel be lifted into place at a Village at Alpine Valley at a “topping off” ceremony Nov. 14 near the intersection of Stanton Rd. and Mountain Lion Way.
Prior to being lifted into place, UCCS community members had a chance to write their names and inspirational quotes across the beam before it was put in place.
About the Village at Alpine Valley
The $74.5 million 515-bed expansion of UCCS student housing broke ground April 25.
The first phase is scheduled to open in Aug. 2015 and will include space for 292 students, a new dining hall and additional academic programming areas. A second phase, scheduled to open in Aug. 2016, will include space for 223 more students to live. When completed, UCCS will have space for 1,640 students to live on campus.
— Photos by Philip Denman
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