Industry News

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has selected the joint venture of Barton Malow and P.J. Dick Inc. to serve as general contractor of a new clinical services building that is part of Children's new campus. The construction cost of the facility is approximately $174-million. The partnership between Children's Hospital and UPMC enables UPMC's construction department to oversee the development of the new Children's campus.

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is adding approximately 750,000 sf of biomedical research space and outpatient care in a new complex named the Red and Charline McCombs Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer.

Indonesia's Ministry of Health is planning to construct a BSL-3 laboratory for the testing of avian flu. The facility will match the Hong Kong-based WHO laboratory where Indonesia currently sends blood samples for testing.  

UAlbany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is planning to construct the $435-million Institute for Nanoelectronic Discovery and Exploration. The project includes a new 250,000-sf facility with a 100,000-sf cleanroom to be built at the Albany Center for Excellence. The institute is being co-created by the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Semiconductor Research Corp. A second institute will be located in California's Silicon Valley.

The City and County of Denver has selected a subsidiary of Pasadena, Calif.-based Jacobs Engineering Group to provide comprehensive project management services for its new $378-million Justice Center. The project consists of over 750,000 sf of new construction including a courthouse with 35 courtrooms, a post office, a 1,500-bed jail, and a 600-car parking structure.