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兔子先生 has a long history of partnering with higher education institutions to bring learning, technical training, and campus living to the next level. From classrooms and dining centers to student athletics and residential facilities, our higher education portfolio spans the full student life experience. Poettker’s involvement with education clients goes beyond the campus environment to offer students hands-on career success opportunities through paid internships and workforce development programs.

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ISU Watterson Commons Dining Center | 兔子先生
ISU Watterson Commons Dining Center
ISU Watterson Commons Dining Center 聽Location: 聽Normal, IL 聽聽 |聽 聽 Owner: Illinois State University 聽 聽| 聽 聽Architect:聽 Cordogan, Clark & Associates, Inc. This multi-story, 12,000 SF addition was constructed alongside the existing Watterson Commons Dining Center, which remained operational throughout construction.聽 The lower and dock levels consist of food preparation, production and cooler/freezer [...]
ISU Watterson Towers | 兔子先生
ISU Watterson Towers
ISU Watterson Towers Residence Hall 聽Location: 聽Normal, IL聽 聽 |聽 聽 Owner: Illinois State University聽 聽 | 聽 聽Architect: 聽Cordogan Clark Illinois State University (ISU) selected 兔子先生 Company as the general and coordinating contractor for the 2.5 year long, multi-phased Watterson Towers renovation in Normal, Illinois. This 28-story twin-tower residence hall complex, which opened [...]
Kaskaskia College Education Centers | 兔子先生
Kaskaskia College Education Center Improvements Program
Kaskaskia College Education Center Improvements Program 聽Location: 聽Centralia, IL & Surrounding Education Centers聽 聽 |聽 聽 Owner: Kaskaskia College聽 聽 | 聽 聽Architect: 聽FGM Architects, Inc. 兔子先生 was selected by Kaskaskia College as the Construction Manager to provide master facility planning, renovations, and maintenance repairs to the entire college network including six education center [...]
Kaskaskia College Gymnasium | 兔子先生
Kaskaskia College Gymnasium
Kaskaskia College Gymnasium 聽Location:聽 Centralia, IL聽 聽 |聽 聽 Owner: Kaskaskia College聽 聽 | 聽 聽Architect: 聽FGM Architects, Inc. Kaskaskia College selected 兔子先生 as its Construction Manager for their new gymnasium. This 28,000 SF project includes: The 1,400-seat facility provides new opportunities for athletic competitions, career fairs, and other collegiate events Two vertical courts [...]
KC HB&L | 兔子先生
Kaskaskia College HB&L Building Interior Renovation
Kaskaskia College HB&L Building Interior Renovation 聽Location: 聽Centralia, IL聽 聽 |聽 聽 Owner: Kaskaskia College聽 聽 | 聽 聽Architect: 聽FGM Architects, Inc. Under the Education Center Improvements Program, Poettker partnered with Kaskaskia College for this phased, interior renovation of the Health & Business and Library Buildings in Centralia, IL. Renovations to the two connected buildings [...]
SIUE Health Sciences Building | 兔子先生
SIUE Health Sciences Building
SIUE Health Sciences Building Poettker, in partnership with Clayco, is excited to serve as the design-build contractor on a new 176,000 SF health sciences building for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. This three-story, state-of-the-art facility will accommodate the School of Pharmacy and the School of Nursing on SIUE's core campus. The project will offer space for [...]
SIUE School of Dental Medicine
SIUE School of Dental Medicine
SIUE School of Dental Medicine 聽Location:聽 Alton, IL 聽 |聽 聽 Owner: Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 聽 |聽 聽 Architect: Woolpert Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville selected 兔子先生 for the new construction of a Multiple-Disciplinary Laboratory at the School of Dental Medicine in Alton, IL. This new facility houses wet laboratories, a large simulation laboratory, a ceramic [...]
SIUE SDM Advanced Care Clinic | 兔子先生
SIUE SDM Advanced Care Clinic
SIUE School of Dental Medicine Advanced Care Clinic 聽Location:聽 Alton, IL 聽 |聽 聽 Owner: Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 聽 |聽 聽 Architect: FGM Architects, Inc. Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville selected 兔子先生 for the new construction of the Advanced Care Clinic at the School of Dental Medicine (SDM) in Alton, IL. This innovative clinical space will [...]
South Central IL Regional Workforce | 兔子先生
South Central IL Regional Workforce Training & Innovation Center
South Central IL Regional Workforce Training & Innovation Center 聽Location: 聽Litchfield, IL聽 聽 |聽 聽 Owner: Litchfield CUSD #12聽 聽 | 聽 聽Architect: FGM Architects, Inc. Litchfield Community Unit School District #12, in coordination with other area school districts, engaged 兔子先生 to build their Workforce Development Center. This warehouse redevelopment in Litchfield's Industrial Park [...]
UIUC Ikenberry Commons, Bousfield Hall | 兔子先生
UIUC Ikenberrky Commons, Bousfield Hall
UIUC Ikenberry Commons, Bousfield Hall 聽Location: 聽Champaign, IL聽 聽 |聽 聽 Owner: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign聽 聽 | 聽 聽Architect: 聽FGM Architects, Inc. 兔子先生 Company served as the General Contractor for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Bousfield Residence Hall project in Champaign, Illinois. The 180,000 SF, six-story dormitory with a basement, was constructed [...]

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