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Arizona State University will break ground on January 20, 2006 on Skysong, formerly known as the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, sited on 37 acres in Scottsdale. The architects of the $300 million project are Pei Cobb Freed of New York and Phoenix-based DMJM, with Sundt Construction as general contractor.

The University of Colorado is developing its future health sciences campus at the site of the former Fitzsimons military base in Aurora, Colorado. The University will raise $203 million for educational facilities at the new campus including an eight-story office building with conference rooms; a library; classrooms; lecture halls; and facility support buildings. Totaling over 770,000 sf, the project is slated for completion in 2007.

Oregon's Department of Public Safety Standards & Training will celebrate the opening of the new Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem on July 17, 2006. Designed by Portland-based Yost Grube Halls Inc ., the $78-million campus is being built by Hoffman Construction Co. with CH2M Hill as project manager.

The University of Virginia Health System is planning to construct three new facilities on its Charlottesville campus: a $25-million translational research facility with laboratories; a $15-million outpatient facility for Children's Hospital; and a $5-million clinical center accommodating cancer care. The facilities are being funded by a $45-million donation from the Ivy Foundation to further biomedical research.

Texas Christian University has received a 2005 IOC/IAKS Award from the International Association for Sports & Leisure Facilities for the Student University Recreation Center on its Fort Worth campus. Designed by Cannon Design, the $24-million comprehensive renovation and construction project transformed the outdated 1970s building into a dynamic facility housing a three-court gym, racquetball courts, an aerobics room, and a fitness center.