UW Superior - Yellowjacket Union

Scope of Work

The Yellowjacket Student Union is a new, 84,600 square foot state-of-the-art student center to replace an outdated student union. The $24.7 million building includes campus dining services, meeting and event spaces, retail space, a student involvement complex, student lounge areas, a computer lab suite, and administrative offices. The new building features glue-laminated wood beams that support a 17,000 square foot vegetated roof over the curved roofline of the main activities space.

“The Yellowjacket Union is a dynamic and visually exciting building that will serve our students as well as provide a place where people from campus and community will meet for many types of events.”
Julius Erlenbach, Chancellor
Courtesy of UW Superior News

The Yellowjacket Student Union is noted for its striking appearance, environmentally conscious design and construction, and user participation in the creative and financial process. Perhaps most important, this new building has helped rejuvenate a once stagnant campus into an exciting new learning environment.

Awards

• LEED Silver rating by the U.S. Green Building Council.
• AGC of Wisconsin 2011 Build Wisconsin Award
• State of Wisconsin Excellence in Architectural Design 2010
• State of Wisconsin Excellence in Sustainable Design 2009
• Daily Reporter Top Project Award 2010