Photo Gallery of Boathouse Renovation Project

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell broke ground on its $8 million Boathouse Renovation and Expansion Project this past June and thanks to an unusually dry summer, a great deal of construction has already been done. The newly renovated John Collyer Boat House and Doris Robison Shell House should be completed by May and will be fully operational for the 2011-12 rowing season.

A new two-story structure will be built on the east end of the current Collyer Boathouse to house all dressing rooms, showers, meeting space, and a tradition room to recognize the many accomplishments of Big Red Rowing. The new building, designed by HGA, out of Minneapolis, Minn., and Collyer will be connected via a two story entrance lobby space with a second story bridge. Robison's interior will be gutted and used strictly for shell storage. Meanwhile, Collyer's second floor interior will be gutted and rebuilt as an open training area for all programs, suitable for C-II ergs, Gamut ergs, an exercise area and weight lifting stations. In addition, another boat storage building will be added to the south side of Robison Shell House to store rowing shells, launches, stake boats and buoys.