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SMARTcodes Offers Online Preview
An enhanced online demonstration of SMARTcodes, the new, cutting-edge system to automate code compliance checking developed by the International Code Council, is now available for a test drive. Plan reviewers, code enforcement officials, architects, engineers, building owners and managers, and other construction professionals can test-drive SMARTcodes at www.smartcodes.org. Users will be able to automatically check a building design for code compliance and provide feedback to the Council via an online survey.
IFMA Announces Collaborations with ASHE, USGBC, and ENERGY STAR
The International Facility Management Association initiated collaborations with three industry associations in October of 2007. IFMA signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) as part of a strategic alliance designed to advance the interests of engineering and health care facility professionals. IFMA signed a memorandum of Intent with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to collaborate to promote sustainability, energy efficiency and environmentally responsible building operations.
University of Colorado Plans Biotechnology Building
The University of Colorado is planning to construct the 260,000-sf Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Center in Boulder. Funded in part by a $20 million donation from faculty biochemistry professor and Amgen founder Marvin Caruthers, the $115 million multidisciplinary facility will bring together biologists, computer scientists, engineers, chemists, and physicists. The project is part of the University’s Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Develops Translational Research Building
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has awarded Turner Construction the $235 million contract for the second phase of the Colket Translational Research Building. The eleven-story, 423,000-sf tower will house four floors of laboratories, three floors of office space, two mechanical floors, and a support floor. The exterior enclosure, building structure, vertical transportation, and mechanical systems can be modified to support future expansion. Phased occupancy begins in 2009.
U.S. Army Develops Aberdeen Lab and Office Complex
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the $477.5 million contract for an office and laboratory design-build project in Aberdeen, Md., to Turner Construction Company and its subsidiary, Tompkins Builders, in a joint venture with Grunley Construction and Kinsley Construction. This award is part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program and one of the first BRAC projects of this magnitude and scope.