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News from September 2003

McCormick Theological Seminary Admin Building Recognized

DATELINE Chicago
M+W Zander was presented with a Distinguished Building Award at AIA Chicago’s Designight on September 19, 2003 in recognition of the firm’s design for the New Administration Building and Underground Parking Facility for McCormick Theological S...
 9.30.03



Duke University Tops Off Interdisciplinary Research Facility

DATELINE Durham, N.C.
The Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University recently celebrated the “topping off” of its newest educational and research facility, the Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine, and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS). The state-of-the-a...
 9.30.03



U.S. Postal Service Develops Philadelphia Distribution Center

DATELINE Philadelphia
The U.S. Postal Service has selected general contractor J.E. Dunn Construction to build its new $167-million distribution center sited on 50 acres in southwest Philadelphia. Replacing the city’s main post office, the 937,000-sf Philadelphia Processi...
 9.30.03



Regional Biocontainment Laboratory Funded at University of Pittsburgh

DATELINE Pittsburgh, Pa.
The University of Pittsburgh is developing a regional biocontainment laboratory with $18-million in funding from the National Institutes of Heath’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The laboratory, one of nine regional biocontai...
 9.30.03



UTMB Creates National Biocontainment Laboratory in Galveston

DATELINE Galveston, Texas
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston is creating one of the first national biocontainment laboratories with a $120 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The University will contribute the remaining $40 million to buil...
 9.30.03



UT Health Science Center Builds Regional Biocontainment Lab

DATELINE Memphis, Tenn.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will build a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory in Memphis, Tenn. Funded by $5 million from the University and a $14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Aller...
 9.30.03



Denver Health Opens Secure Facility

DATELINE Denver
Denver Health’s new $45.9 million expansion opened in June of 2003. The four-story, 143,000-sf wing brought intensive care unit bed space from eleven beds separated by curtains to 24 private rooms.  A secure 21-bed correctional inpatient and ou...
 9.29.03



Computer Sciences Corp. Plans Maryland HQ for Homeland Security Div.

DATELINE Anne Arundel County, Md.
El Segundo, Calif.-based Computer Sciences Corp. has selected Anne Arundel County, Md., as the site of its new divisional headquarters. Located at the refurbished Parkway 100, the 109,000-sf facility will accommodate Computer Science’s new homeland ...
 9.29.03



Sutter Health Plans Camino Medical Facility in Mountain View

DATELINE Mountain View, Calif.
Sutter Health is working with affiliate Palo Alto Medical Foundation to build a 275,000-sf facility for Camino Medical Group in Mountain View, Calif. Sited on nine acres, the facility will house physician offices, a diagnostic center, outpatient operating...
 9.26.03



Nanotechnology Research Partnership Granted Funding

DATELINE Dallas, Texas
The Strategic Partnership for Research in Nanotechnology has been granted $10 million in funding from the Senate to establish a network of nanotechnology research centers. The Strategic Partnership for Research in Nanotechnology is a consortium comprised ...
 9.26.03



Omnicare Plans Covington Expansion

DATELINE Covington, Ky.
Omnicare is planning a 56,235-sf expansion of its 56,600-sf headquarters in Covington, Ky. Project startup costs are estimated at approximately $3.2-million. Omnicare provides pharmaceutical services to the elderly. ...
 9.26.03



Raleigh Community Hospital Develops Cancer and Cardiac Centers

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
Raleigh Community Hospital is constructing a new 21,000-sf cancer center. The $7.2-million facility will house the radiation therapy center, conference facilities, and medical education space. The hospital also began work on a $21.3 million cardiac center...
 9.26.03



Butler County Community College To Open New Facility

DATELINE El Dorado, Kan.
Butler County Community College in El Dorado, Kan. , will open a newly renovated 62,000-sf facility in October 2003. Named the 5000 Building, the facility will accommodate ten general education classrooms, a science classroom and lab, a computer lab, a bo...
 9.25.03



Harvard Medical School Completes New Research Building

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
Harvard Medical School (HMS) has completed the New Research Building (NRB) at its Cambridge, Mass., campus. Designed by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, the 525,000-sf building is the largest expansion of the medical campus in nearly a century. The ...
 9.25.03



New Federal Courthouse Planned in Buffalo

DATELINE Buffalo, N.Y.
The Buffalo Federal Court is planning to construct a new $100-million courthouse in Buffalo, N.Y. Designed by Kohn Pederson Fox of New York, the ten story, 262,000-sf facility will begin construction in 2004 and reach completion in late 2006 or early 2007...
 9.25.03



Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Plans New Headquarters

DATELINE Kansas City, Mo.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has selected J.E. Dunn Construction Co. to manage the construction of its new 600,000-sf headquarters. Sited on 15.7 acres in Kansas City, the facility is expected to reach completion in late 2007 or early 2008. The...
 9.24.03



St. Vincent's Hospital Expands Emergency Department

DATELINE Jacksonville, Fla.
St. Vincent’s Hospital has expanded its Jacksonville, Fla. emergency department from 12,000-sf to 29,000-sf. Increasing bed count from 30 to 49, the expansion project cost $4 million in construction costs and $900,000 for new equipment. Ninetee...
 9.24.03



Saint Vincent College Builds School of Business, Economics and Government

DATELINE Latrobe, Pa.
Saint Vincent College is building a new facility to house the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics and Government on its campus in Latrobe, Pa. Designed by Pittsburgh-based architectural firm Tasso Katselas Associates, the $3.2 million, 20,000-sf...
 9.24.03



Virginia Tech University Develops Supercomputing Facility

DATELINE Blacksburg, Va.
Virginia Tech University is working with Emerson’s Network Power unit to develop a new state-of-the-art supercomputing facility. Emerson, based in St. Louis, designed and installed a cooling system for the supercomputer that does not occupy needed f...
 9.23.03



Monongahela Valley Hospital Plans Emergency Decontamination Unit

DATELINE Monongahela, Pa.
Monongahela Valley Hospital is planning to double the capacity of its emergency department with an $8-million expansion project. Increasing the number of treatment rooms from 12 to 24, the expansion will increase the size of the department from 7,100-sf t...
 9.23.03



Polaris Opens Fluid Analysis Facility

DATELINE Houston
Indianapolis, Ind.-based Polaris Laboratories has opened a new fluid analysis testing facility in Houston. The 5,000-sf laboratory, which can complete most routine testing in 24 hours, has the capacity to process 3,000 samples per day. Polaris provides fl...
 9.23.03



Arizona State University Constructs Student Union

DATELINE Mesa, Ariz.
Arizona State University East is building a new 27,000-sf student union on its Mesa campus. Housing student life programs, multipurpose meeting space, study areas, dining facilities, workspace for student organizations, a campus bookstore, and a game room...
 9.22.03



Nueces County Creates Museum with Historic Courthouse Facility

DATELINE Corpus Cristi, Texas
Nueces County is renovating its historic 1914 courthouse facility to create a 78,000-sf science and technology museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. The architect for the $20 million project is Sween McGloin of Corpus Christi, with Stoddard Cons...
 9.19.03



Presbyterian Healthcare Breaks Ground on Rio Rancho Medical Center

DATELINE Rio Rancho, N.M.
Presbyterian Healthcare Services broke ground in mid-September 2003 on the 65,000-sf Rio Rancho Medical Center in Rio Rancho, N.M. Employing approximately 40 physicians and specialists, the $17-million center will offer services including cardiology, derm...
 9.19.03



Guangzhou University Plans Major Expansion

DATELINE Guangzhou, China
Guangzhou University in China has selected Watertown, Mass.-based Sasaki Associates to design Phase I of a $4 billion expansion. The project is comprised of forty million square feet on a 1,000-acre site. ...
 9.19.03



National Academy of Sciences Plans D.C. Museum

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
The National Academy of Sciences is planning to open the Marian Koshland Science Museum in Washington D.C. by April of 2004. The $30 million, 6,000-sf facility will focus on bringing scientific research closer to the public. Opening exhibits at the new mu...
 9.19.03



University of Kansas Medical Center Breaks Ground on Biomedical Research Center

DATELINE Kansas City, Kan.
The University of Kansas Medical Center recently broke ground on its $56 million Biomedical Research Center in Kansas City, Kan. Part of a $125 million campus development initiative, the 205,000-sf center will focus on neuroscience, genomics, cancer resea...
 9.19.03



Sematech Establishes EUV Resist Test Center at Albany Nanotech

DATELINE Albany, N.Y.
SUNY Albany is working with International Sematech to create an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) Resist Test Center at Albany Nanotech. Slated for completion in April 2004, the center will be housed in the NanoFab II facility which is currently under constructio...
 9.17.03



NASA/Ames Research Center Plans Interdisciplinary Research Center

DATELINE Mountain View, Calif.
NASA/Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., has awarded the University of California, Santa Cruz a $330 million, ten-year contract to manage the development of a University Affiliated Research Center. As the first such development established by t...
 9.17.03



Boeing Develops War Simulation Center in St. Louis

DATELINE St. Louis
The Boeing Co. will open its new 100,000-sf virtual war simulation center in St. Louis in 2004. The $20 million facility will enable customers to experience how different programs work together, a process that could create more integrated systems business...
 9.16.03



International Center for Advancement of Nursing Planned in Albany

DATELINE Albany, N.Y.
The International Center for Advancement of Nursing will locate its headquarters in a former state office building in Albany, N.Y recently purchased by Renaissance Corp. for $3.9 million. Renaissance Corp. will spend an additional $8-million on building r...
 9.16.03



St. Luke's Medical Center Builds Heart Tower

DATELINE Milwaukee
St. Luke’s Medical Center is constructing a new 435,000-sf heart tower on its 17-acre Milwaukee campus. Due to space restrictions, the tower will be constructed as an elevated facility over an existing parking structure. Designed by Kahler Slater of...
 9.15.03



MIT Completes Stata Center

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
MIT has completed construction of the $300-million, 713,000-sf Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, Mass. Housing flexible research facilities, high-technology classrooms, fitness facilities, an auditorium, a child-care center, and underground parking...
 9.12.03



Providence Hospital Completes Mobile Decontamination Unit

DATELINE Southfield, Mich.
Providence Hospital in Southfield, Mich., has completed its new 225,000-sf mobile decontamination unit. The mass-rinse center can service up to 75 people an hour and is equipped with eight shower heads inside and four outside. The $150,000 facility consis...
 9.12.03



Howard Hughes Medical Institute Expands Chevy Chase Headquarters

DATELINE Chevy Chase, Md.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute is planning a $25 million, 75,000-sf addition to its existing 245,000-sf headquarters in Chevy Chase, Md. ...
 9.12.03



KBI BioPharma Upfits Durham Facility

DATELINE Durham, N.C.
KBI BioPharma, a division of Kinetic Biosystems of Atlanta, will upfit 300,000 sf in four buildings recently purchased in Teer Technical Park in Durham. Formerly occupied by Mitsubishi's semiconductor manufacturing operations, the facility ...
 9.12.03



BioMerieux Expands Durham Headquarters

DATELINE Durham, N.C.
BioMerieux, a French diagnostic instruments maker, is expanding its U.S. headquarters in Durham's Teer Technical Park with the lease of an additional 20,000 sf. The space will house research in probe instrument technology.  ...
 9.12.03



Kaiser Rebuilds Redwood City Campus

DATELINE Redwood City, Calif.
Kaiser Permanente is planning to construct up to 900,000 sf as it rebuilds its 16-acre campus in Redwood City, Calif. Tripling the medical square footage on the site, the project will include four medical centers, a new hospital, and up to four parking lo...
 9.12.03



Sigma Xi Constructs RTP Headquarters

DATELINE Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Sigma Xi, the international scientific and engineering honor society and publisher of American Scientist magazine, is building a 52,840-sf headquarters facility in Research Triangle Park. The building will house a 200-seat auditorium, exhibit sp...
 9.12.03



Rensselaer Polytechnic Opens Nanotechnology Center

DATELINE Troy, N.Y.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute opened the Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center on Sept. 15, 2003. The center is one of six Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers designated by the National Science Foundation. The facility houses an atomic force microscop...
 9.11.03



Richardson Regional Medical Center Breaks Ground on New Campus

DATELINE Richardson, Texas
Richardson Regional Medical Center broke ground in early September 2003 on its $49-million Bush/Renner campus in Richardson, Texas. The first development phase of the 20.5-acre site will include a 100,000-sf, five-story medical office building opening in ...
 9.11.03



Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Plans New Arts Center

DATELINE Dallas
The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts and architects Foster and Partners of London and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture of Rotterdam and New York have completed the master plan for a new Dallas arts center. The center will house three performa...
 9.10.03



Union College Converts Inn for Student Housing

DATELINE Schenectady, N.Y.
Union College is creating housing for 230 students by renovating an inn recently purchased by the liberal arts and engineering college in Schenectady, N.Y. Funded by an issue of $15-million in bonds, the renovation will include repairs to the exterior, ro...
 9.10.03



Ring Power Corp. Builds Jacksonville Headquarters

DATELINE Jacksonville, Fla.
Ring Power Corp. has selected Elkins Constructors to build its 400,000-sf Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters at World Commerce Center, a 1,000-acre development in St. Johns County. Ring Power, one of the largest full-line Caterpillar dealers in the Southeas...
 9.9.03



Baylor University Completes IT Facility

DATELINE Dallas
Baylor University has completed its $13.2 million multi-use facility that will serve as the new home for the university’s Information Technology Services Group. Sited on Baylor’s Dallas campus, the 400,000-sf design/build project houses office...
 9.9.03



MetroSafe Emergency Communications Plans Facility

DATELINE Louisville, Ky.
MetroSafe Emergency Communications System is planning a centralized communications center in Louisville, Ky. Linking dispatchers for fire, police, EMS and other first responders, the center would merge nine existing Louisville dispatch centers into a cent...
 9.8.03



University of Central Florida Completes Sports Center

DATELINE Orlando, Fla.
The University of Central Florida’s Wayne Densch Sports Center has recently been completed by Clancy & Theys Construction in Orlando, Fla. The 44,000-sf training facility, a one-story building modeled after an early 1920’s field house, feature...
 9.8.03



Georgia Tech Opens Hotel and Conference Center

DATELINE Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology celebrated the opening of the $47-million Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center on September 4, 2003. Part of the $196 million Technology Square development, the 252-room hotel and high-tech executive conference cen...
 9.5.03



University of Texas Develops Laser Center

DATELINE Austin, Texas
The University of Texas is planning the Texas Center for High-Intensity Laser Science. The facility will accommodate scientists studying and manipulating the interactions of matter with a high-intensity laser. The center, slated for completion in three ye...
 9.5.03



Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center Planned in South Texas

DATELINE San Antonio
The Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center of South Texas, a 3.4-million veterinary medical facility, will begin construction in North San Antonio by November 2003. Slated for completion in January 2005, the 18,500-sf center will house animal medicine s...
 9.5.03



University of Michigan Plans Cardiovascular Center

DATELINE Ann Arbor, Mich.
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has selected Boston-based Shepley Bullfinch Richardson and Abbott to design its new 350,000-sf cardiovascular center. The center will accommodate 20 intensive care beds, six operating rooms, five cardiac catheteriza...
 9.5.03



Oasis Semiconductor Expands in Waltham

DATELINE Waltham, Mass.
Oasis Semiconductor is nearly quadrupling its size with a move from 7,353 sf to 30,000 sf at Waltham Weston Corporate Center in Waltham, Mass. Oasis is a supplier of silicon chips to the office automation market. The move will shift Oasis from the first t...
 9.5.03



Sibley Memorial Hospital Completes Decontamination Facility

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
Sibley Memorial Hospital recently completed a new decontamination facility at its Washington, D.C. location. In the event of a bioterrorist attack, the unit’s five showers and two dedicated rinse areas can accommodate up to fifty people per hour and...
 9.5.03



GSA Upgrades Department of Commerce Building

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
The General Services Administration has selected GGA.Ehrenkrantz Eckstut& Kuhn Architects to design the 1.8 million-sf, $540 million upgrade of the Department of Commerce facility in Washington, D.C. The building is on the National Register of Historic Pl...
 9.5.03



University of Washington Develops Medical Research Center

DATELINE Seattle
The University of Washington is renovating the 105,00-sf Blue Flame Building in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle as the future home of UW Medicine Lake Union. Vulcan Inc. is the design and construction planner for the project, which is slated ...
 9.4.03



Ellis Hospital Plans Schenectady ICU

DATELINE Schenectady, N.Y
Ellis Hospital plans to build a new $20-million, 36-bed intensive care unit at its Schenectady, N.Y., location. The two-floor unit will be located in the hospital’s A-wing to allow critically ill patients access to key services. Work is expected to ...
 9.4.03



Kaiser Opens Elk Grove Medical Office

DATELINE Elk Grove, Calif.
Kaiser Permanente is opening its new 102,000-sf Elk Grove, Calif. medical office building in early September 2003. The three-story, $34-million facility will accommodate 62 providers and 180 support staff engaged in obstetrics/gynecology, adult medicine, ...
 9.2.03



Washington University School of Medicine Renovates Medical Sciences Building

DATELINE St. Louis, Mo.
Washington University School of Medicine recently completed the $5-million renovation of the fifth floor of the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building. The 30,000-sf project involved gutting the existing floor and constructing new offices, laboratories, cold...
 9.1.03



Sanford-Brown College Expands In Illinois

DATELINE Collinsville, Ill.
Sanford-Brown College is developing a $3.6-million educational facility in the Eastport Plaza Business Park in Collinsville, Ill. Sited on six acres, the facility will enable the college to more than double its current 263-student enrollment at the campus...
 9.1.03



St. Louis Community College Completes South County Education and University Center

DATELINE St. Louis, Mo.
St. Louis Community College recently completed the 59,000-sf South County Education and University Center. An extension of the Meramec campus, the facility will serve approximately 2,000 students. The technology-rich facility features three computer labs,...
 9.1.03



University of Missouri-St. Louis Opens Performing Arts Center

DATELINE St. Louis, Mo.
The University of Missouri-St. Louis has opened the new $52-million Blanch M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The 123,000-sf facility houses the 1,625 Anheuser Busch Performance Hall and the 300-seat E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theatre. Designed by Pei-Co...
 9.1.03



Webster University Opens Emerson Library

DATELINE St. Louis, Mo.
Webster University opened its new $21-million Emerson Library on July 1, 2003. The 71,500-sf, five-floor facility accommodates 750 data ports, 20 small-group study rooms, a 100-person lecture room, an electronic classroom, and a 25-computer cyber café...
 9.1.03



Biomedical Facility Dedicated at Yale School of Medicine

DATELINE New Haven, Conn.
Yale School of Medicine’s Biomedical Research and Teaching Facility, known as 300 Cedar Street, is designed to maximize collaboration between basic and clinical scientific disciplines. Designed by Payette Associates, the 450,000-gsf project was dedi...
 9.1.03



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