A 70-year-old part of Iowa State’s campus came down Friday to make way for a new building project.

The livestock pavilion near Kildee Hall was demolished as part of the site preparation for the extension of Kildee Hall. The project, titled Intensive Livestock Research and Instruction Facilities— Kildee/Meat Lab addition, will take two years to complete, said Dean McCormick, manager of construction services at ISU.

The construction is scheduled to begin in November to extend Kildee to connect with the old meat lab.

The old meat lab, currently not in use, will be renovated and restored into classrooms, an amphitheater and a pavilion floor.

Dennis Marple, head of the animal science department, said the old meat lab will be maintained to preserve the character of that area of campus.

“We’re excited about the new building program and what it will do for our program in teaching, research and extension,” Marple said. “It will benefit students tremendously by bringing the animals to students in improved classrooms and improved computer labs for teaching.”

The construction will cost around $16 million for the whole project, McCormick estimated. The project will include 74,000 square feet for teaching labs, new computer labs and offices for faculty and visiting scientists. There will also be new labs for research in molecular genetics, animal physiology, food safety and irradiation of meat.