Industry News

Marquette University will break ground in spring of 2010 on a $100 million engineering building in Milwaukee. The first phase of construction will create a five-story, 100,000-sf facility housing classrooms and teaching and research laboratories. Occupancy is expected in August of 2011. The project team includes Opus North Corp. as design-builder, Opus Architects & Engineers as architect of record, and HGA as design consultant.

The National University of Ireland, Galway broke ground on a €40 million engineering facility in October of 2009. The four-story, 14,000-sm building will include classrooms, lecture halls, faculty offices, and 36 laboratories. Completion is expected in early 2011.

Silver Cross Hospital is building a $400 million healthcare facility in New Lenox, Ill. Construction began on the replacement hospital in summer of 2008 with occupancy expected in February of 2012. The 600,000-sf facility will provide 289 beds and 11 surgical suites.

West Houston Medical Center will break ground in late 2009 on a $70 million expansion. Comprised of 95,000-sf of new construction and 33,000-sf of renovation, the project will expand cardiovascular, surgical, critical care, and women’s services. A three story cardiovascular and surgical tower will be built adjacent to the existing facility, and the Woman’s Hospital of Texas at West Houston will be added as a wing of the main hospital. Completion is slated for January of 2012.

Community Tissue Services initiated construction in October of 2009 on a $40 million tissue processing and R&D facility in Kettering, Ohio. Sited in the Miami Valley Research Park, the 90,000-sf project is slated for completion in 2011. The facility was designed by John Poe Architects of Dayton and will house manufacturing, distribution, and research space.