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In a meeting room on the third floor of Seashore Hall, which has served as a not-so-temporary office for Hancher's administrative staff during these post-flood years, there's a wall lined with calendar pages. For Chuck Swanson and his team, the wall serves as the blueprint for the historic transition between now and September 2016, when the new Hancher Auditorium, after the better part of a decade of planning and construction, at last raises its curtain.

This item is no longer available. The completion of the new Hancher Auditorium and other major campus construction projects in 2016 will mark the University of Iowa’s physical recovery from the devastating flood of 2008.

Arguably the three largest flood replacement projects belong to the University of Iowa, with the $176 million Hancher Auditorium, $77 million Art Building and roughly $150 million Voxman School of Music.

Images from past few months make 2016 seem so close yet so far away.

Each morning on the Hancher Auditorium and School of Music construction sites, workers complete one important task before ever picking up a tool.

On October 7 and 8, Hancher is inviting members of the public to sign a steel beam that will then be lifted into place in the organization’s new facility. The “Leave Your Mark” event will also include a public ceremony featuring singer/songwriter Susan Werner on October 8.

The University of Iowa is in the midst of a $1.2 billion historic transformation with a number of major building projects underway.