Regents pick three projects for construction wish-list

ATLANTA - The Board of Regents selected projects at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia Tuesday to add to its budget wish-list for future state funding. <br> <br> Members of the board chose the projects from 11 requested by the state&#39;s public colleges and universities. They will be added to the bottom of the Regents&#39; priority list, working their way to the top in about five years as projects ahead of them are funded by lawmakers. <br> <br> Added to the priority list were: <br> <br> Armstrong Atlantic&#39;s $22.5 million project to add 121,000 square feet of instructional space, including general classrooms, lecture halls, computer labs and research labs. <br> <br> Georgia Tech&#39;s $45 million request to build an advanced ``clean room&#39;&#39; building for computer chip technology. The project will also be supported with $35 million in private funds. <br> <br> The University of Georgia&#39;s proposal for new space to house its special collections. The cost includes $24 million in state funds and $12 million in private funds. <br> <br> The three projects amounted to just over $90 million, the goal Regents hoped to reach from the $290 million in construction dollars which colleges and universities had requested.