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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.

East Carolina University broke ground in March 2004 on a $60-million facility that will house the School of Nursing, the School of Allied Health Sciences, and the Health Sciences Medical Library. Designed by Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce of Winston-Salem, N.C., the 290,000-sf building is located in the University’s Health Services Learning Village in Greenville, N.C. The facility will accommodate 2,170 graduate and undergraduate students.