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Hudson Valley Community College Completes Cogeneration Facility
Hudson Valley Community College has completed its new $8.4 million co-generation facility in Troy, N.Y. Using methane captured from a local landfill, the facility also uses heat generated from the process to heat buildings at the school. Hudson Valley is the first college in the state university system to reach energy independence.
Johns Hopkins Hospital Plans Baltimore Complex
Johns Hopkins Hospital has completed the design of a new $47-million complex to be located in Baltimore, Md. Linked to the existing campus and the planned cardiovascular care tower and children’s hospital by a pedestrian bridge, the complex will include a 750,000-sf parking garage with 2,200 spaces, a 24-truck loading dock, a service tunnel, a central kitchen, and a distribution center. Designed by Thornton-Tomasetti-Cutts of Washington, D.C., the project is expected to reach completion in 2005.
University of Albany Creates College of Nanoscience
The University of Albany has created the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, the nation’s first college of nanoscience, in Albany, N.Y. Providing infrastructure and environment for attracting new nanotechnology research and development, the college will be housed in the same complex as the Albany Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics located on the Albany Nanotech campus.
School for Creating and Performing Arts Plans K-12 Public Arts School
The School for Creating and Performing Arts (SCPA) and Schiel Primary School for Arts Enrichment are planning to build a combined home in Cincinnati that will be the nation’s first K-12 public arts school. The facility will accommodate 1,350 students with improved classrooms, specialized space for practice, display, and performance.
Methodist Health System Plans Mansfield Hospital
Methodist Health System of Dallas is planning to construct a $100-million general acute-care hospital in Mansfield, Texas. Housing emergency room services, surgical accommodations, and 80 private rooms, the facility will be constructed on more than one million sf and will complement Methodist’s planned imaging center and physician offices in Midlothian. Construction is expected to begin by November 2004; the hospital could become operational in 28 months to three years.