past five years as funding decisions have crawled forward.

Here’s a look at UI’s high-profile, flood recovery projects — from a devastated arts campus that remains three years away from fully bouncing back, to facilities such as the Iowa Memorial Union and Mayflower Residence Hall that reopened several years ago, but still need additional work.

Hancher Auditorium

The largest of UI’s flood recovery projects calls for the demolition of the former Hancher-Voxman-Clapp complex, built in 1972, and the construction of a new auditorium up the hill and out of the flood plain near Park Road, alongside the Levitt Center. With FEMA funding finalized last fall, the three-year construction process has begun. Renowned international architect Pelli Clark Pelli has designed a five-level contemporary building that will include an 1,800-seat auditorium — about700 seats fewer than old Hancher. The auditorium will feature two shallow balconies versus old Hancher’s single deep balcony, creating a more intimate setting, UI leaders say. Unlike old Hancher, which faced Park Road, new Hancher will take advantage of its sweeping views of the river and campus to the south. The site of the former building is expected to be converted to green space.

When: Site work is under way, and March 2016 is targeted for completion.

Cost: $176 million.

Art Museum

The former building, built along the river in 1969 and containing more than 12,000 pieces valued at nearly $500 million in June 2008, was home to one of the largest modern university art museums in the U.S. UI was able to evacuate the artwork before the floodwater arrived, and