The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents in December 2013 approved a $13.6 million project to design and construct a new Plant & Soil Science Building and renovate the existing Plant Sciences Building. Eric Hequet, chairman of Tech's Department of Plant and Soil Science, said the new Bayer Plant Science Building project adds 21,122 square feet of new construction, and includes 2,440 square feet of renovation and exterior upgrades to the existing home of the university's Department of Plant and Soil Science. The building project is funded by donations to Texas Tech, including lead contributions from Bayer CropScience. The Department of Plant & Soil Science was formerly housed in the existing PSS, Food Technology and Agricultural Sciences buildings. Teaching and research labs, along with faculty and graduate students, that were located in other buildings have been relocated to the new wing. Additionally, departmental administration offices have been relocated to the new wing.

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• GALLERY: Construction complete on Bayer Plant Science Building northeast tower
• GALLERY: Crews clear the way for new sidewalks at Goddard Building
• GALLERY: Bayer Plant Science Building tower takes shape behind scaffolding
• GALLERY: New steel goes into place on new Bayer Plant Science Building Tower
• GALLERY: Foundation takes shape on Bayer Plant Science Building tower
• GALLERY: Final phase of Bayer Plant Science Building features two-story tower
• Milestone; Texas Tech opens new $14.3 million Bayer Plant Science Building
• GALLERY: ‘Rain Stones' becomes new Bayer Plant Science Building centerpiece sculpture
• GALLERY: Sleek, modern interiors highlight new Bayer Plant Science Building
• GALLERY: Bricked archways take shape on new Bayer Plant Science Building
• GALLERY: Crews gain ground one brick at a time on Bayer Plant Science Building
• GALLERY: Heavy rains don't slow new Davis College's Bayer Plant Science Building
• GALLERY: Walls, archway steel go up on new Bayer Plant Science Building
• GALLERY: Concrete first floor poured in new Bayer Plant Science Building
• GALLERY: Outline of new Bayer Plant Science Building begins to take shape
• GALLERY: Bayer Plant Science Building; Foundation prep continues
• GALLERY: Bayer Plant Science Building foundation preparations underway
• GALLERY: Construction underway on new PSS building expansion, renovation
• Expansion, renovation; Davis College breaks ground on Bayer Plant Science Building
• Expansion Plans; TTU regents approve $13 million Plant & Soil Science Building
• Factsheet: Plant Sciences
• Gallery: On The Drawing Board
• The Big Dig; Construction underway on new PSS building expansion, renovation
• GALLERY: New steel goes into place on new Bayer Plant Science Building Tower