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GSA Plans Moultrie Courthouse Expansion
The General Services Administration is planning a 93,000-sf expansion of the 654,000-sf H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse in Washington. Project cost is expected to range from $50- to $100-million. The expansion includes a 79,000-sf addition to the Family Court entrance and a 13,900-sf pavilion addition to the Superior Court entrance.
Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial Planned in Washington
The Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial is slated for construction in Washington. The $100-million project, managed by Concord Partners of Washington, will include a 50,000-sf addition to the 30,000-sf National Bank of Washington building purchased two years ago for the museum by the Armenian Assembly of America.
Serologicals Builds Kansas Plant
Serologicals Corp. of Atlanta is planning to construct a $28-million plant to manufacture its EX-CYTE serum-free cell culture supplement for the biotech industry. Ground will be broken as early as the first quarter of 2003, with completion slated for the first half of 2004. Sited on 12.5 acres in East Hills Business Park in Lawrence, Kansas, the project will initially consist of one 45,000-sf facility.
UNC School of Medicine Builds Bioinformatics Facility
The University of North Carolina School of Medicine is nearing completion of the $23.5-million Bioinformatics Building in Chapel Hill. The 152,000-sf project was designed by Brown Jurkowski Architectural Collaborative PA. Contractor for the project is Clancy & Theys. The engineering team includes GKC Associates (structural); Newcomb & Boyd (mechanical, electrical, fire protection, audio/visual); Diehl & Phillips (civil); and Donna D.
UTHSC Breaks Ground on Edinburg Research Facility
The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio is broke ground in December on a new $20-million research facility in Edinburg, one of three new facilities being constructed as part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC). Sited on 12 acres adjacent to the University of Texas Pan American campus, the Edinburg facility will house RAHC's medical research division.