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Cumberland Medical Center has selected Birmingham-based Robins & Morten Group to construct a 178,000-sf addition and renovation of its Crossville, Tenn., facility. The $26.5-million project is comprised of a five-story obstetrics tower and lobby and the expansion and renovation of the medical center’s emergency room. Groundbreaking is slated for fall of 2004.

The University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., is planning a 155,000-sf Science Center to house the school’s biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, and computer sciences departments. The 122,000-sf Thompson Hall will also be renovated and a 35,000-sf addition constructed. The total project budget is $34.5 million. Construction is expected to begin within 12 months. Research Facilities Design is the laboratory building design consultant.

The University of Washington (UW) is building the 280,000-sf Bioengineering and Genomic Sciences Building in Seattle. The project houses research space for the UW School of Medicine and its Department of Genome Sciences, as well as the Department of Bioengineering. Ground will be broken in August 2004 with completion slated for 2005.

Washington State University (WSU) is planning the seven-building Research and Education Complex on its Pullman campus. Each building will accommodate approximately 100,000 sf. Building 1, a $39 million addition to the existing Johnson Hall, will house bioscience research and is expected to reach completion in June 2005. Building 2, the $62-million Biotechnology/Life Sciences Facility, will include a vivarium.

Western Washington University (WWU) is developing the 131,000-sf Communications Building on its Bellingham campus in a single phase. The four-story, $36.4-million project will be comprised of three above-ground floors and one basement level and will house the departments of journalism, communications, physics, and computer science departments.