This podcast contains comments from the November 17, 2021 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents committee on buildings and physical plant. Speakers include chief facilities officer Brett McCully and Nim Kidd.

Nearly $55 million dollars in new construction has started or will start by January on the RELLIS campus.

That's after three projects were approved November's Texas A&M system board of regents meeting.

More than $29 million will be spent on a warehouse, office, and training building for the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), which is a system agency. Regents approved TDEM director Nim Kidd's recommendation to build 60,000 square feet of storage, 30,020 gross square foot regional headquarters office and operations center, and almost 6,000 square feet for shipping.

Copy and paste this link to read and download background information about the new TDEM building: https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bor111821tdem.pdf

More than $20 million will be spent on an industrial distribution building. What is also described as a high-tech research building will be the new home of three programs affiliated with the Texas A&M college of engineering's industrial distribution department.

Copy and paste this link to read and download background information about the industrial distribution building: https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bor111821tees.pdf

And regents approved more than $5 million to repair a runway at the former military base for testing self-driving vehicles and other projects.

Copy and paste this link to read and download background information about runway repairs: https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bor111821RELLISrunway.pdf