Industry News

The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill is constructing the $50-million Ramshead facility. Designed by architectural firm Ayers Saint Gross, the project consists of a 278,000-gsf, 700-space, three-story parking deck, a two-story, 45,000-sf campus recreation building, and a two-story, 55,301-sf student dining facility. The project team consists of construction manager Rentenbach-Wilson, Stewart Engineering (civil and structural), and Affiliated Engineers (MEP).

North Carolina State University is building a $27-million Science Building in Raleigh. The 125,000-sf facility, designed by The Freelon Group, is expected to reach completion in February 2005. Centex is the construction manager; project engineers include Stewart Engineering (civil and structural) and RMF Engineering (MEP).  

The International Museum of Women is planning to build a $100-million facility on a 120,000-sf site at historic Pier 26 in San Francisco. Pending the necessary approvals, construction could begin in 2006 with completion expected in 2008. The museum would be the first in the world devoted solely to the culture and history of women.

Therion Biologics of Cambridge, Mass. is constructing a $5-million, 10,000-sf production facility for two cancer vaccines which are in Phase II clinical trials.

Virtua West Jersey Hospital has completed the $230,000 expansion and renovation of its Stretch Center for Musculoskeletal Treatment in Marlton, N.J. The project includes a 32-bed unit designed to care for the special needs of orthopedic and neurosurgical patients.