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Webb Wheel Products Constructs Manufacturing Facility
Cullman, Md.-based Webb Wheel Products is planning to build a $22.5-million manufacturing facility in Tell City that will produce wheel and drum components for the heavy truck industry. The $2.5-million project is slated for completion in January 2005. Perry County, Ind., gave the site to the company and is underwriting site preparation. Webb Wheel Products is a unit of Marmon Highway Technologies of Chicago.
University of Houston Constructs Science and Engineering Facility
The University of Houston will complete the $76-million Science and Engineering Research and Classroom Complex in spring of 2006. Designed by Cesar Pelli, the facility will enable collaboration between researchers from the Cullen College of Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The complex will accommodate research in biotechnology, nano-lithography, DNA chips, protein chips, materials, optoelectronics, synthetic medicinal chemistry, and drug design.
A&T State University Renovates and Expands Genetics Laboratories
A&T State University is renovating and expanding the genetics laboratories on its Greensboro, N.C. campus. The renovation is part of an initiative to establish a “center of excellence” to research the impact of genetics on African-Americans who contract hypertension, Alzheimer’s, and AIDS. The project is funded by a $4.6 million federal grant from the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda.
Lowe's Constructs Mooresville Corporate Offices
Lowe’s Cos. will initiate the second phase of its Mooresville, N.C. corporate offices in May 2004 with the construction of a 136,000-sf addition. Accommodating 600 employees, the building will provide expansion space for departments already located in Mooresville, as well as enabling the consolidation of two small leased offices. Completion of the second phase is expected by September 2005. Additionally, Lowe’s recently opened the 94,000-sf Planogram facility on its Mooresville campus. The building is a mock store where merchandising displays and new products can be viewed.
UC Davis Nears Completion of Genome Center
The University of California Davis will complete construction of the Genome Center in summer of 2004. The center will occupy 52,000 sf in a new 211,000-sf research building and will accommodate 17 faculty members.