Industry News

The U.S. Navy awarded Johnson Controls a $34.1 million contract in August of 2009 to perform energy efficiency renovations at Apra Harbor Base in Guam. The project will cut use of electricity by 6.4mwh annually and create $1.7 million in annual savings. A large photovoltaic system will be installed, and HVAC and lighting systems will be upgraded. Johnson Controls’ Metasys building management system will also be implemented to integrate operations for the base’s 49 buildings.

Indiana University Bloomington opened a new laboratory for the study of select agents and pathogens at the College of Arts and Sciences in August of 2009. The project team included BSA LifeStructures of Indianapolis as architect/engineer of record with CDI of Bloomington as general contractor. Laboratory control systems were provided by Siemens of Indianapolis with commissioning services provided by George Butler Associates of Lenexa, Kan., and VicoCon of Kansas City, Mo.

Algonquin College will begin construction in April of 2011 on a $36 million waterfront campus in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. The 80,000-sf facility is slated for occupancy in fall of 2012.

The College of Saint Rose is building the $9 million Massry Center for the Arts in New York. The 32,000-sf facility will house a 400-seat recital hall, rehearsal spaces, a gallery, classrooms, seminar rooms, and dormitories. The Center for Communications and Interactive Media will include studios for music recording, television, and radio; a video production room; and a multimedia computer laboratory. Completion is expected in January of 2010.

Rockingham Memorial Hospital is building a $280 million replacement facility in Harrisonburg, Va. Designed by Earl Swensson Associates and built by Bovis Lend Lease, the 620,000-sf project is slated for completion in June of 2010. The five-story plus basement facility will provide 238 inpatient beds.