CSU getting started on Warner College building expansion

FORT COLLINS — Denver-based 4240 Architecture and Pinkard Construction Co. in Lakewood have been hired to design and construct an addition to the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

The roughly $20 million, 40,000-square-foot building will provide space for a student center, teaching labs, meeting space and a new home for the Center for Collaborative Conservation.

Building designs are being finalized, and construction is slated to begin in mid-May with an opening set for fall 2018. The existing building will remain open throughout construction.

The majority of funding for…