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Kings County Medical Center Designs Behavioral Health Clinic
Kings County Medical Center has selected Architecture+ of Troy, N.Y., to design a $105-million behavioral health clinic in Brooklyn. RBS&D Architects of New York are also on the project team.
Lawson State Community College Breaks Ground on Technology Center
Lawson State Community College broke ground in March 2004 on a $7.8-million technology center at its Birmingham, Ala., campus. Project contractor McCrory Building Co. is building the three-story, 63,000-sf facility which will house the Emerging Technologies Program of the Alabama Center for Advanced Technology and Training. Industry partners including Novell, BellSouth, and Microsoft will provide students with advanced technological training through the program. The facility, slated for completion by July 2005, was designed by McCauley Associates and Exford, LLC.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Constructs Research Facility
Vanderbilt University Medical Center will begin construction of a $110-million medical research facility called MRB IV on its Nashville, Tenn., campus in May 2004. Adding 200,000 sf of research space, the project will add three research floors on top of Light Hall and five research floors and two vivarium floors above Langford Auditorium. Connecting the two buildings, MRB IV features a total of 86 lab modules, a glass atrium spanning several floors, and conference space. Completion is slated for summer of 2006.
University of Tennessee HSC Constructs Eye Institute Facility
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is constructing a $60-million integrated ophthalmology center for the Hamilton Eye Institute at its Memphis campus. Combining research, academic, clinic, and surgery space, the facility will develop advanced treatments for the management of ocular diseases and complex vision problems.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Plans Research Facility
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is planning a $115-million, 11-story research facility on its main Cincinnati campus. The 363,000-sf building will accommodate research facilities, labs, offices, and the Center for Computational Medicine, an interdisciplinary center housing human genetics, environmental health, epidemiology, mathematics, medicine, and biomedical engineering research. Scientists in the facility will be grouped according to research theme instead of academic division or department. Construction is expected to begin in summer of 2004 with completion in 2007.