SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials have announced that RATIO Architects will lead the design process for an expanded communications building on the Carbondale campus of Southern Illinois University.

The Capital Development Board has released $8.3 million for a preliminary design for the $84.7 million project.

RATIO Architects has offices in Champaign and Chicago.

The project is funded by money from the Rebuild Illinois capital construction project approved by the Legislature and Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2019.