{"id":225319,"date":"2025-11-13T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=225319"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:10:01","slug":"building-a-better-university-of-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/13\/building-a-better-university-of-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a better University of Hawai\u02bbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_46998\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ALpYpF8G8AA?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Building a better University of Hawai\u02bbi\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s Office of Project Delivery, in collaboration with <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Community Colleges, <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo, is leading capital improvement projects (<abbr>CIP<\/abbr>s) that are transforming all 10 campuses across the state.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216818\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-mccarthy-render-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"McCarthy Mall render\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-216818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-mccarthy-render-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-mccarthy-render-4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-mccarthy-render-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Render of the future McCarthy Mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From new construction to critical renovations, these projects modernize facilities, improve energy efficiency and enhance the student experience. Guided by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/07\/new-6-year-cip-plan\/\">six-year <abbr>CIP<\/abbr> plan approved by the Board of Regents (<abbr>BOR<\/abbr>) in 2022<\/a>, more than 70 projects totaling more than $220 million have been completed or launched since 2023 (as of November 2025).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KTEzCTcHWFg\">Watch the 2025 video<\/a> of the progress being made on the projects identified in the plan that support learning, innovation and sustainability across all 10 campuses. The new video follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5YuGUrLldk8\">2022 video<\/a> highlighting the achievements of the university\u2019s first six-year capital improvement plan approved by the BOR in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights covered in the 2025 video include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/17\/bachman-hall-renovation-modernized-preserved-historic-past\/\">$26-million renovation of Bachman Hall<\/a> completed in 2024<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/16\/work-begins-student-success-center\/\">$62-million Student Success Center<\/a> opening in 2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/27\/paradise-palms-mccarthy-mall-more-student-spaces\/\">$105-million transformation of McCarthy Mall and Paradise Palms<\/a> now underway<\/li>\n<li>$6.5-million renovation of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Campus Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/28\/cip-phase-2-underway\/\">Phase 2 of <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College\u2019s Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Diamond Head<\/a> set to open in 2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/16\/leeward-cc-product-development-center-opens\/\">Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Wahiaw\u0101 Value-Added Product Development Center<\/a> opened in 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> is transforming its 10 campuses with over $220 million in modernization and sustainability projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":225352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,12],"tags":[21,72,669,181,63,73,71,14,9,947,56],"class_list":["post-225319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-video","tag-21st-century-facilities","tag-board-of-regents","tag-capital-improvements","tag-culinary-institute-of-the-pacific","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-student-success-center.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225319"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225796,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225319\/revisions\/225796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}