Industry News

Global defense contractor Northrop Grumman is constructing two new Florida facilities to support a Navy contract for additional aircraft. A $2.5-million office facility is under construction at the company's St. Augustine site. The 45,000-sf building will house administrative support services, human resources, and members of the federal Defense Contract Management Agency, which monitors aircraft performance, production, and delivery. The second planned facility will house a customer training center and a cafeteria.

Memec Group, a global distributor of semiconductor equipment, has relocated its corporate headquarters to Carmel Valley in San Diego. Previously sited outside of London, Memec Group has leased 92,000 sf in a new 115,000-sf facility, one of five previously occupied by Peregrine Systems.

North Carolina State University is engaged in constructing the $65-million University Apartments project in Raleigh. Consisting of 460,000 sf in eight buildings and a chiller plant, the development is designed by architect Hanbury Evans Newill Vlattas & Co. Centex is the construction manager. Engineers on the project team include Stewart Engineering (civil and structural) and RMF Engineering (MEP).

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).