Virginia Tech board authorizes $800,000 planning for Beamer‑Lawson practice facility improvements

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a resolution Feb. 5 authorizing up to $800,000 in planning funds to complete working drawing design documents for improvements to the Beamer‑Lawson Indoor Practice Facility. The vote was unanimous among the 13 board members in attendance.

Simon Allen, Virginia Tech's vice president for finance and chief financial officer, presented the proposal to the all‑virtual special meeting. "That the resolution authorizing Virginia Tech to move forward with an $800,000 planning authorization to complete working drawing design documents for the Beamer‑Lawson Indoor Practice Facility Improvements project be approved," the resolution states and the board adopted, with a copy of the presentation and resolution filed as Attachment A to the official minutes.

The motion to approve was made by J. Pearson and seconded by Ryan D. McCarthy; the minutes record that it "passed unanimously by the 13 board members in attendance." The minutes do not list roll‑call votes by name, only the unanimous outcome.

The resolution authorizes university officials to proceed with planning‑phase work to refine design documents; the minutes do not specify a project construction budget, a timeline for completion of construction, or intended funding sources beyond the planning authorization. According to the minutes, the presentation materials and the adopted resolution are attached to the official record.

Next steps in the minutes: staff will proceed with the preparatory design work authorized by the planning allocation; additional board approvals would be required for project construction or final funding commitments.