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Green River Community College Breaks Ground on Academic Building
Green River Community College will break ground in early summer of 2009 on a $25 million academic building in Auburn, Wash. The three-story, 80,000-sf facility will accommodate instruction in business, English, fine arts, social science, and humanities. Slated for occupancy in fall of 2011, the sustainably designed project will feature technology rich classrooms for progressive teaching methodologies. The building will also house faculty offices and a laboratory.
GSA Plans Department of Homeland Security Consolidation
The General Services Administration is planning to consolidate the Department of Homeland Security on the site of the historic St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. The $3.4 billion, 4.5 million-sf project will be the largest public works project since the construction of the Pentagon. The Department of Homeland Security will relocate 14,000 of its 26,000 employees in the region (currently housed in 70 buildings in 40 separate locations) to the new campus by 2016.
Sanford Health Constructs Aberdeen Hospital
Sanford Health will break ground in mid-2009 on the $50 million Sanford Regional Hospital Aberdeen in South Dakota. Slated for completion in 2011, the 105,000-sf, 36-bed facility will include technology rich surgical suites, a cardiac catheterization lab, imaging, emergency, and labor and delivery. The hospital will feature an integrated design to promote optimum patient safety and accessibility.
Vedanta University Builds Academic Medical Center
Vedanta University is planning to build a 500-bed academic medical center in Bhubaneswar, India. The Rs 400 crore teaching and research hospital will accommodate multiple medical specialties when it opens in 2011.
University of Virginia Breaks Ground on Science and Engineering Buildings
The University of Virginia broke ground on two new buildings in Charlottesville in April of 2009. The six-story, 100,000-sf Information Technology Engineering Building will house laboratories, an auditorium, and workrooms for teaching and research in computer science and engineering. Designed to support collaborative research and distance education, the sustainably designed facility is slated for occupancy in fall of 2011.