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ASA had represented UAlbany and worked on many projects with the University, including engaging with the State on UAlbany’s behalf in the legislative and budget process. However, the ETEC expansion was a unique challenge: UAlbany’s campus was landlocked and lacked the space to expand to a new facility. Working with UAlbany’s senior leadership, ASA met with the Governor’s Executive Chamber and the Office of General Services to negotiate a deal for UAlbany to annex property in the neighboring Harriman State Office Campus, one of the State’s most valuable assets. This deal marked the first time the State had ever annexed any piece of the property. The annex of 12 acres at Harriman was announced in 2016, and the University broke ground in 2018.

UAlbany announced the opening if its ETEC building on November 18, 2021. ETEC is a $180 million, 246,000 square foot state-of-the-art building that when at full capacity will host 200 full time faculty and researchers and 100 research and industry partners.

ETEC is the new home to the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity and UAlbany’s expansive Weather-Climate Enterprise, including the world-renowned Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and Center of Excellence in Weather & Climate Analytics; and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences as well as Department of Chemistry research labs and the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ departments of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering. The building also is home to the UAlbany-operated New York State Mesonet, the most advanced statewide early warning weather-detection system in the nation, as well as the Regional Forecast Office of the National Weather Service.