Industry News

Tampa General Hospital has selected  Skanska USA Building to provide construction management services for a $120-million expansion project. The project’s construction value is estimated at $65 million. Comprised of a four-story addition over an existing surface parking area, the 280,000-sf project will provide a new emergency department and operating rooms, a new women’s center, a new cardiovascular center, and a new intensive care suite. To support the increased infrastructure, the central energy plant will also be expanded.

Xcyte Therapies has broken ground on a new $4 million manufacturing facility in Bothell, Wash. The Seattle-based biotech will manufacture its most advanced product, Xcellerated T Cells, in the new facility, which could make enough T Cells to use in clinical trials beginning in 2005. The plant will potentially manufacture T Cells to treat up to 18,000 patients annually.

Tenet Healthcare Corp. opened the Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett in Memphis, Tenn., in May 2004. Construction cost for the facility was approximately $72 million.

Oregon State University has selected Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF) to design a new 115,000-sf state-of-the-art facility for the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) in Portland, Ore. The interdisciplinary laboratory and teaching facility will incorporate sustainable design to meet a LEED™ Silver certification. ZGF has offices in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

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.