Downtown

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Keokuk Downtown Historic Building Restoration Engineering & Design

Published
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Academic year
2019-2020
Partner

As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for refurbishing three commercial structures in downtown Keokuk. 

Planning Students tour Downtown Iowa City

Iowa City Downtown Historic Preservation Initiative

Published
Monday, June 22, 2020
Academic year
2019-2020
Partner

As part of their capstone project, second-year graduate students from the School of Urban & Regional Planning assessed current community interests, planning tools, and environmental needs to develop strategies for aligning preservation of Iowa City's unique historic downtown architecture with other community values. 

Manning, Iowa

Manning's Schmidt Building Restoration Design & Engineering

Published
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Academic year
2018-2019
Partner

As part of the Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students conducted a structural analysis of the Schmidt Building in downtown Manning.  Students also created design alternatives for the interior and facade of the building based on several options for future use of the building. 

Clinton Lumberkings visit

Clinton LumberKings / Downtown Clinton Alliance Strategic Partnership Plan

Published
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Academic year
2018-2019
Partner

Students in the Department of Health and Human Physiology's Sports and Recreation Management Program recommended strategies to enhance the partnership between the Clinton LumberKings minor league baseball organization and the Downtown Clinton Alliance. 

Clinton Jacobsen Building site visit

Clinton - Jacobsen Buildings Structural Redesign

Published
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Academic year
2018-2019
Partner

As part of the Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created a design concept and engineering report for the functional reuse of upper-story space in the Jacobson building, a prominent and historic landmark in downtown Clinton.

Clinton Building site visit

Clinton - Downtown Commercial Building Rehabilitation (239 5th Ave South)

Published
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Academic year
2019-2020
Partner

As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for refurbishing and connecting upper stories for three commercial structures in downtown Clinton. 

Volckman Building

Clinton - Downtown Commercial Building Rehabilitation (241-247 5th Ave South)

Published
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Academic year
2019-2020
Partner

As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for refurbishing a commercial structure in downtown Clinton. 

Clinton representatives requested the evaluation and refurbishing plan for a century old building back to house viable commercial enterprises. The scope of work included third floor renovations, addition of a passenger elevator, fire protection, and façade restoration.

Elks Club interior

Webster City Elks Club Engineering & Design

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2018-2019
Partner

As part of the Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students conducted a structural analysis of the historic Elks Club Building in downtown Webster City.  The project included design alternatives for the interior and facade of the building based on several options for future use of the building. 

Law students

Webster City - Models for Community Impact Investing

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2018-2019
Partner

Clinic law students, who are second or third year students at the University of Iowa College of Law participating in the Community Empowerment Law Project (CELP) explored models for community-driven investment vehicles in two Iowa communities- Webster City and Manning.

Keokuk Downtown Streetscape

Keokuk Main Street / State Highway Study

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2019-2020
Partner

As part of the Planning Sustainable Transportation Course at the University of Iowa School of Urban and Regional Planning, students examined possible design alternatives for Main Street (US Route 218) in downtown Keokuk.

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Keokuk Downtown/Riverfront Connection Engineering & Design

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2019-2020
Partner

As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students create designs for redevelopment of the bluff and open space between downtown Keokuk and the Mississippi River, so that the downtown district is better connected with the riverfront. 

URP students at Keokuk football game

Keokuk Downtown Redevelopment Plan

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2019-2020
Partner

As part of their capstone project, second-year graduate students from the School of Urban & Regional Planning created a redevelopment plan for downtown Keokuk, Iowa.