The first timber column has been laid at Hanszen College’s new wing .
The new wing will replace the original constructed in 1957 and will incorporate 50,000 square feet and stand 4½ stories tall. There will be 166 beds in room configurations of singles and doubles, and two residential adviser suites, each composed of living space, a kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The new wing is being built using cross-laminated timber, a first for a residential building on a university campus in Texas. Demolition of the 1957 wing took place in May 2021.