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Emory University has initiated construction on a new 144,000-sf, $42-million pediatrics building in Atlanta. The six-story facility, slated for completion in summer 2004, will house 31 exam rooms grouped with separate waiting rooms. Setting apart the Emory Children’s Center and the Department of Pediatrics, the facility will consolidate and replace several smaller pediatric operations, providing increased clinic, office, and research space.

The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) is constructing its 450,000-sf headquarters in Hampton, Va. The NIA is a partnership of six universities with NASA, including Georgia Tech, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the University of Virginia, the University of Maryland, North Carolina State University, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The NIA will offer masters and doctorate degrees and will enable NASA to develop cost-effective and innovative technologies in all aerospace areas and in atmospheric science.

The University of South Alabama has completed an $8-million addition and renovation to its library. Doster served as construction manager for the 60,000-sf project. Architectural services were provided by TAG Architects of Mobile, Ala.

The University of California San Diego has completed the $30.6-million Powell-Focht Bioengineering Building in La Jolla. Located on a four-acre site, the 110,000-sf structure was built to house facilities for both public and private foundations conducting research in the life sciences bioengineering sector. The design fosters collaboration across all engineering and biomedical disciplines.

Pfizer Global Research & Development will complete four new facilities on its Torrey Pines campus in 2004, expanding the company’s R&D space to 1 million-sf. Two of the buildings, offices totalling 390,900-sf, were designed by Delawie Wilkes Rodriques and Barker, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, and Kornberg & Associates. The contractor for the office facilities is DPR Construction.