On July 21, the University of California Board of Regents approved Plenary Group’s design and financing plans for a major expansion of the UC Merced campus as a single project to be completed in phases over four years and privately operated for 35 years after that. Plenary’s design-build team of Webcor Builders and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill/WRNS/Page/Arup/HOK began work under an Early Works Agreement in June 30.