Industry News

The University of South Florida is planning to construct the 226,000-sf Marshall Center on its Tampa campus. As the hub of student activity, the four-story building will be located just north of the existing Marshall Center and will include a food court and sports grill, an oval-shaped theater, a ballroom, an Internet cafe, a lounge, and numerous meeting rooms. It will also include student activity, student government, and administrative spaces. The Beck Group is handling both the pre-construction and construction management of the project.

Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center opened the 558,000-sf Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center in New York  in September of 2006. The 23-story, 400-ft high facility was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership.

Defense R&D Canada (DRDC) officially opened the Counter Terrorism Technology Centre (CTTC) at DRDC Suffield in Alberta on October 18, 2006.

Anderson Hospital broke ground on Sept. 29, 2006 on the 20,000-sf Comprehensive Cancer Care Center in Maryville, Ill. The $4.6 million outpatient center will include physician oncology services for both chemotherapy and radiation oncology, sub-specialty physician services, a patient resource center and library, support services including social workers and dietitians who specialize in working with oncology patients, as well as a retail space dedicated to the needs of cancer patients.  In addition, the Center will include a comprehensive Breast Care Center.

Lewis and Clark Community College will begin construction in spring of 2007 on The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center. To be built near Godfrey, Ill., at the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers, the river ecology center will provide space for teaching and public outreach as well as developing watershed and river management strategies.