The Flats – Georgia Tech officially broke ground on the Thomas A. Fanning Student-Athlete Performance Center during a ceremony Monday night.
The Fanning Center, located in the northeast corner of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field, was approved by the University of Georgia System Board of Governors in April 2022 and is being constructed on the site of the former Edge/Rice Center. The 100,000 square foot facility will serve as a state-of-the-art hub for Georgia Tech student-athletes, with areas dedicated to strength and conditioning, sports medicine (including mental health services), and nutrition, with further expansion. It also has the following facilities. Enhanced meeting and office space dedicated to Georgia Tech football.
The Fanning Center will also house the institute’s first sports science lab, which uses professional model motion tracking to capture student-athlete performance data that will be used internally for performance tracking and analysis. data analysis office.
Designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) and built by DPR Construction (both based in Atlanta), the design and development of the Fanning Center supports Georgia Tech’s commitment to sustainability. I’m emphasizing. In addition to energy reduction strategies, steel from the existing Bobby Dodd Stadium infrastructure will be reused in the new structure. Orthogonal laminated wood will also be used throughout the facility to add warm accents, reduce the carbon footprint, and promote the health of student-athletes.
Building named after Georgia Tech alumnus Dr. Thomas A. FanningHe holds three degrees from Georgia Tech (Bachelor of Industrial Management, Master of Business Administration, and Honorary Doctorate) and is an energy industry visionary throughout his 43-year career at Southern Company, including as President and Chief. He was a clear leader. He will serve as executive director from 2010 to 2023. Fanning’s volunteer leadership over the years has been essential to Georgia Tech’s growth and success. Extensive involvement with the Institute includes the Georgia Tech Board of Trustees, the Georgia Tech Advisory Board, the Alexander Tharp Foundation Board of Directors, the Scherer College of Business Advisory Board, and “Changing Tomorrow: Georgia Tech This includes serving on the “Campaign for Universities” steering committee. , where he serves as co-chair.
Fanning, Georgia Tech President angel cabreraDirector of Athletics J. Batt and head football coach brent key All spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony on Monday.
“Today is a very exciting day for Georgia Tech’s athletics department as we move one step closer to providing a first-class, state-of-the-art facility for our student-athletes,” said Butt. “We are grateful to Tom Fanning for his generosity, to all of our generous supporters who donated to this project, to Dr. Cabrera for his visionary leadership, and to our partners at SLAM and DPR Construction. All of them contributed to this project, this milestone, and we look forward to opening the Fanning Center in 2026.”
“It has been very special to lead the design of my alma mater and create a new athletic center that is holistically dedicated to the success of our student-athletes,” said SLAM Lead Architect and Principal. mark clear Said. “Breaking ground on the Thomas A. Fanning Student-Athlete Performance Center is an exciting milestone in creating a technology-rich home for GT Athletics.”
“As the college athletics landscape evolves, we are excited to begin realizing Georgia Tech’s vision for our student-athletes and our campus,” he said. Brian OliverDirector of DPR construction projects, Georgia Tech alumnus, men’s basketball letter winner, and famous member of “Lethal Weapon 3” who, along with Kenny Anderson and Dennis Scott, led the Yellow Jackets to their first NCAA Final Four in 1990. He is the person who led the way. We are also proud that this project will help support opportunities for local skilled workers, many of whom feel a personal connection to the campus and its athletic programs. ”
The Fanning Center will begin impacting the performance of Georgia Tech student-athletes on a daily basis beginning in the spring of 2026.
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With more than 400 student-athletes in 17 collegiate sports, Georgia Tech competes at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics as a member of NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) while developing young people who change the world. We are also working on this. Georgia Tech has a long history of initiatives that include the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program (known at GT as the Total Person Program), a commitment to student-athlete track and field scholarships through graduation, and the use of virtual reality in student-athlete recruitment. We continue to be a leader in innovation in athletics. Many concepts came from The Flats. The Yellow Jackets have won five national championships in their storied history (four in football – 1917, 1928, 1952, 1990 and one in women’s tennis – 2007) and a final in men’s basketball. He has appeared twice in 2004 (1990 and 2004) and three times in college. Baseball World Series (1994, 2002, 2006). Combining a world-class education and elite athletic talent, Georgia Tech has produced 90 All-American academic honorees. For more information about Georgia Tech athletics, please visit: www.ramblinwreck.com.
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Changing Tomorrow: Georgia Tech’s Campaign This is the Institute’s most ambitious comprehensive fundraising campaign, and will continue to support the Institute and its impact for decades to come – on people’s lives, how we work together to create innovative solutions, and on our personal lives. Our goal is to raise over $2 billion to impact our world.Learn more about transformingtomorrow.gatech.edu.
About S/L/A/M collaboration
SLAM is one of the nation’s largest professionally managed design firms, providing in-house architecture, programming, planning, interior design, landscape and site planning, civil engineering, structural engineering, and construction services. With 290 employees nationwide, we have an endless drive to solve complex design problems. We strive to design great places that inspire the people who live there. Our clients make the world a better place. At SLAM, we create a space that makes them smarter and more successful.
Our Atlanta office is home to sports design experts, with a group of agile architects and designers dedicated to planning and designing sports facilities. We are keenly aware that the landscape of university athletics is constantly changing. We serve Georgia Tech’s goals and the needs of Tech’s student-athletes, coaches, fan base, students, alumni, and surrounding community.
About DPR construction
DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor and construction manager specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education, and commercial markets. DPR’s portfolio of work ranges from large-scale new construction to small tenant improvements and special projects. Founded in 1990, his DPR is a remarkable story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that grew into a multi-billion dollar organization with offices around the world. The company is strategically focused on delivering more predictable results through the application of virtual design and construction, prefabrication, self-performing craft teams, and leveraging data to learn and improve. I am. DPR is consistently ranked among the top building contractors and employs approximately 11,000 professionals across its group of companies. For more information, please visit: http://www.dpr.com.
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