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Indiana State University is engaged in a $30 million renovation of the 70-year-old University Hall on its Terre Haute campus. The sustainably designed project features the use of recycled steel, natural lighting, thermal pane windows, fin coil tubing heaters, and an HVAC system with individual room controls. The renovation is expected to save the University $1 million annually in energy costs. Completion is slated for fall of 2009.

Texas Children’s Hospital is building the $220 million West Campus in Houston. The 536,000-sf pediatric health complex is sited on 55 acres and will include medical offices, advanced imaging, and day surgery. The campus will feature an 180,000-sf ambulatory care building that will open in late 2009.

Methodist Healthcare completed the 341,000-sf expansion of Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in November of 2008. Located on 37 acres in Sugar Land, Texas, the expansion triples the size of the existing hospital and features a multi-story atrium and healing gardens. The project was designed by the Houston office of HOK.

The University of California, Berkeley received $10.98 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in November of 2008 to fund the construction of the Center for Integrated Precision and Quantum Measurement (CIPQM). The 10,000-sf underground facility will be located in the planned New Campbell Hall and will provide 10 to 15 modular laboratories for multidisciplinary precision measurement research. Construction on the low-vibration, low-noise, and low-EMI facility is expected to begin in 2010.

The University of New Hampshire is engaged in a $25.5 million expansion and renovation of James Hall. Comprised of a 15,000-sf addition to the 1920s science building, the project will increase the facility’s footprint from 60,000-sf to 75,000-sf. The new James Hall will house the departments of natural resources and earth sciences and is slated for completion in December of 2009. The building will feature a wildlife wet research lab, a walk-in environmental chamber, and climate controlled rooms. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.