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Industry News
West Virginia United Health System Builds Bridgeport Hospital
United Hospital Center (a subsidiary of West Virginia United Health System) broke ground in July of 2006 on a $285-million hospital facility in Bridgeport, Va. The 681,440-sf, seven-story facility will house 289 beds in private rooms. Completion is expected in fall of 2009. The project team includes architect Gresham, Smith and Partners of Nashville, Tenn.; civil engineer Hornor Brothers Engineers of Clarksburg, W.
University of Miami SOM Nears Completion of "Green" Clinical Research Institute
The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine is nearing completion of the $90-million Clinical Research Institute. Located at the Jackson Memorial campus in the city of Miami, the 15-story facility was designed by Perkins + Will to sustainable design criteria and vouched to be Miami's "greenest" building at present. Sustainable design features include a reflective roof, double-paned windows containing insulating gas, and under-floor air conditioning. The facility includes a 1,400-car garage and a large wellness center.
Mills College Builds Natural Sciences Building
The 26,000-sf Natural Sciences Building at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., is slated for occupancy in 2007. Construction on the $17.2-million facility began in fall of 2005. The building will feature four new teaching laboratories, five new classrooms, centralized science faculty offices, and a student computer room. The addition is the first facility at Mills to meet LEED™ sustainable building criteria and features reduced energy and water consumption.
M.D. Anderson Opens Proton Therapy Center
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has opened ts new 94,000-sf proton therapy center in Houston. The $125-million facility was constructed via a private-public partnership with investors and partners including Hitachi, Sanders Morris Harris Inc., and The Styles Co. The two-story center will be able to accommodate up to 3,500 patients annually and features one fixed-beam treatment room, three gantry treatment rooms, an experimental treatment area, a synchrotron, and beam transport system.
Kansas State Biosecurity Research Institute Nears Completion
Kansas State University expects to complete construction of the $54-million Biosecurity Research Institute on its Manhattan campus in late summer or early fall of 2006. The 113,000-sf facility will house 31,000 sf of laboratory and training space and 10,000 sf of administrative operations. Designed by architectural firm Peckham, Guyton, Albers, and Viet, the facility began construction in fall of 2004. The construction manager at risk for the project is Turner Construction.