Kraus-Anderson completes addition and renovation of NDSU’s Challey School of Music

September 30, 2025

The Fargo office of Kraus-Anderson (KA) has completed construction on NDSU’s Challey School of Music located on the university’s campus in Fargo.  The expansion accommodates the music program’s growth and promotes high-quality teaching, artistic performance, outreach and scholarly excellence through its performance and degree programs.

Designed by Foss Architecture & Interiors, the project features a 9,700-square-foot addition to the existing music building with a 1,000 square-foot rehearsal space, teaching studios and a recording facility. The expansion also includes new practice rooms, offices, extra storage and locker facilities.

The existing Festival Concert Hall was also renovated, adding 989 new seats and acoustical enhancements.  The existing facility, known as Challey Hall, received new choral risers, acoustical panels, and updated flooring, ceilings and paint as part of the project. Construction began in July 2024.

Kraus-Anderson has partnered with NDSU on several notable projects, including the Nodak Insurance Football Performance Complex, Catherine Cater Hall, Sugihara Hall, Peltier Complex and Bolley Agricultural Research Laboratory.

About Kraus-Anderson Companies

Established in 1897, Kraus-Anderson (www.krausanderson.com) is an integrated construction management, real estate and risk management enterprise working independently and in collaboration with a family of companies, including insurance, finance and realty operations. Kraus-Anderson, an Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action employer, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and has regional offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wis., Bismarck and Fargo, N.D., Duluth, Bemidji and Rochester Minn., Des Moines, Iowa and Phoenix, Ariz.