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Fayerweather Hall

About the project

The Fayerweather Hall renovation is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance the student residential experience and increase the available bed count—all goals in alignment with Dartmouth's Housing Renewal strategy.  

This project will directly impact Dartmouth students for years to come, just as the building's performance will reduce its carbon footprint. These two vital elements—student life and sustainability—form the basis of the project scope and propel Dartmouth's ambitions to reimagine Fayerweather as an equitable, comfortable, and community-oriented facility. 

Project Goals

  • Installation of elevators and accessible entrances  

  • Addition of 35 student beds 

  • Increased energy efficiency through building and utility infrastructure upgrades 

  • LEED and WELL certifications  

  • Creation of new indoor and outdoor student spaces  

  • Addition of a new sidewalk along Observatory Roa

Project Timing

  • Construction begins June 17, 2024 

  • Fencing will go up June 25, 2024 

  • Anticipated completion date summer 2026 

what's currently happening

  • Construction begins June 17, 2024 

  • The parking lot between Dartmouth Hall and Fayerweather Hall will close permanently.  

  • Additional spaces on Observatory Road and in the North Fayerweather Lot will close until March 2026.   

  • Temporary utility installations will be added to the building  

  • Construction fencing will be installed starting June 25 

  • Reuse Network will begin emptying the building of furniture and equipment 

  • The building will be made safe and ready for demolition, which will start in early July