Industry News

Carolinas HealthCare System is planning the construction of an $85 million children’s hospital in Charlotte, N.C. Sited at Carolinas Medical Center, the new 230-bed facility will open in 2007.

The University of California, Berkeley will renovate the 54-year-old Bancroft Library to current seismic specifications as part of a $1 billion campuswide seismic retrofit project. The $20 million library renovation will provide additional space for classrooms, exhibits, reading, and storage, as well as creating ramps for disabled people. State-of-the-art climate control to protect aged manuscripts will be installed, and the computer network will be upgraded. The project is expected to begin in June 2005 and reach completion in eighteen months.

Stony Brook University Hospital has contracted New York-based Cannon Design to provide planning and design services for a $120-million improvement program. A combination of 150,000 sf of renovation and 150,000 sf of new construction, the project will consolidate and expand Women’s and Children’s Services including neonatal intensive care, as well as triple the capacity of the emergency department and renovate and expand surgical services.

South Nassau Communities Hospital is planning a five-story, 160,000-sf addition at their Oceanside, N.Y., facility. The $58 million program will provide 108 medical/surgical beds, six LDRs, an obstetrics suite with 26 private, post-partum beds, and a 30-bed behavioral health unit, along with a renovated entryway to the ground floor garden reception area. The program also calls for modifications to the building systems, including a new mechanical penthouse, and additional parking for 400 cars.

Rice University has selected Addison-based McCarthy to build its $1.5 million Nanofabrication Facility on the school’s Houston campus. The project is comprised of a 3,000-sf renovation and remodeling of existing space in Abercrombie Hall to create Class 100 and Class 1000 clean rooms and support. Occupancy is slated for March 2004.