UM System Board of Curators approves ‘Research Commons Thermal Plant’

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A more than nine million dollar project is expected to help save the University of Missouri money.

The UM System Board of Curators approved this afternoon building the 'Research Commons Thermal Plant.'

MU says the new facility removes a need for the school to replace an aging steam main and boiler on its campus.

Those projects were expected to cost more than $14 million.

Construction of the new thermal plant is expected to wrap up in July 2023.