UND’s New Flight Operations Building Hits Halfway Point

(Image courtesy of JLG Architects via UND Today)

(By Joe Banish. UND Today) – The final steel support beam of UND’s new Flight Operations building was hoisted into position – marking the project’s approximate halfway point to completion.

Faculty, students and staff at the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences were invited to sign the commemorative beam prior to its hoisting – painted white to differentiate it from the rest of the structure.

The state-of-the-art facility – slated to open in January – will feature 28,000 square feet of instructional and event hosting space, a dispatch center, pre- and post-flight debriefing rooms and flight instructor offices. Most significantly, according to Jeremy Roesler, UND’s director of Flight Operations, the building will serve as the college’s home base.

“This is a game changer for us,” Roesler said. “I think of it as another Memorial Union – people will constantly be coming and going.

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