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Clark College Builds Vancouver Satellite Campus
Clark College is planning to construct a $30-million satellite campus in the Columbia Tech Center in Vancouver, Wash. The 68,542-sf facility will accommodate general education courses, professional and technical training, and workforce development. Building design and construction costs are estimated at $30.5 million. The new east county campus will attract and serve high-tech businesses, and will serve 1,055 full-time students annually.
Arizona State University Develops Biomedical Campus
Arizona State University (ASU) has selected architect SmithGroup and contractor DPR Construction as the project team for the first building on the university’s biomedical campus in Phoenix. The 90,000-sf to 100,000-sf facility will have four to five floors and is expected to begin construction later in 2004 and reach completion in 18 months.
Konica Minolta Builds Kobe Manufacturing Plant
Kobe Minolta Holdings , a Japanese technology company, is planning to construct a $73-million plant in Kobe, Japan. The facility will manufacture liquid crystal display film, boosting capacity by half to 90 million square meters annually. Construction will begin in June 2004, with the factory becoming operational in fall of that year.
Southern Methodist University Refurbishes School of Law
Southern Methodist University ’s Dedman School of Law is refurbishing the first floor of Carr P. Collins Jr. Hall. in Dallas. Funded by a $1-million contribution from Dallas law firm Godwin Gruber LLP, the floor will be renamed the Godwin Gruber Lawyers Inn. Housing a student and faculty dining hall and lounge area, the project is expected to begin in summer 2004 and reach completion during the fall. Previously dubbed Lawyers Inn, Collins Hall previously housed a dining room and meeting space, with residential upper floors.
Bourbon Community Hospital Completes Medical Offices and ER Modification
Bourbon Community Hospital has completed construction of a medical office building and emergency room modification in Paris, Ky. The single-floor, 11,200-sf, $1-million office facility will accommodate five tenants. The $1.3-million emergency room renovated the existing 1,700-sf department and expanded it by 6,300 sf. Both projects were designed by Sims Architectural Studio of Birmingham, Ala.