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UAlbany Plans Nanotechnology Research Center
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.
City of Denver Constructs Justice Center
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.
Federal Express Expands Nashville Distribution Center
Federal Express has selected Birmingham-based Doster Construction to construct a $4-million expansion of its Central Ground Distribution Center in Nashville, Tenn. The project consists of a new recruiting and guardhouse building, an additional maintenance building, a service garage, and expanded loading areas.
University of Missouri-Columbia Builds Journalism Institute
The University of Missouri-Columbia is constructing the $16.3-million Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. The project includes renovation of the 29,103-sf Sociology building and the 18,030-sf Walter William hall and construction of a four-story building connecting the two facilities. The institute will house classrooms, laboratory space, a TV studio, and editing workstations. The project contractors are Kozeny-Wagner of St. Louis and Jefferson City, Mo.-based Sircal Contracting.
Harvard Medical School Designs Immunology Center
Harvard Medical School is working with Boston-based architect Miller Dyer Spears to design the Jeffrey Modell Immunology Center in Boston. The sustainable facility is expected to attain a LEEDTM Silver rating and will feature a green roof and a skylit atrium bringing daylight into new and existing interiors. The project, to be finished in late 2006, will have a state-of-the-art tiered classroom, a graduate student center, reading rooms, lounge space and faculty offices.