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Albany NanoTech Plans Photomask Consortium
SUNY Albany is planning to create a photomask consortium at Albany NanoTech’s Center for Excellence in Nanoelectronics. The center would cost approximately $200-million, funded by $150-million from the consortium and $50-million in government funding.
Saint Louis University Designs Arena
Saint Louis University has selected Alberici Constructors to head a team to design and build a 13,000-seat arena in Midtown. The project team includes architectural firm Mackey Mitchell Associates and Sink Combs Dethlefs, a sports architectural firm. Estimated to cost approximately $70-million, the facility will host campus, sporting, cultural, and convention events.
Emory University Builds Pediatric Center
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.
National Institute of Aerospace Constructs New Headquarters
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.
National Atomic Museum Plans New Facility
The National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque is planning a new 40,000-sf facility and exhibition area in the city’s Balloon Fiesta Park. Showcasing nuclear technology exhibits, the Smithsonian Affiliate museum will be renamed the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History when it reopens in 2006. The Department of Energy recently awarded the museum $2.5-million in initial funding towards the museum’s capital campaign of $18 million for the new facility. The museum is operated by Sandia National Laboratories and owned by the Department of Energy.