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University of Michigan Constructs Mason and Haven Hall Addition and Renovation
The University of Michigan is connecting Mason Hall and Haven Hall with a $38-million, 213,000-gsf renovation project. Eight stories will be added to Haven Hall, the interior space renovated, and the main entry demolished with an addition extending to the south end of Mason Hall. Haven Hall, with new mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications systems, will house new office space for History, Political Science, American Culture, and the Center for African and Afro-American Studies.
University of Michigan Builds High Bay Addition
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is engaged in a $126-million renovation and expansion of the IST High Bay Building. Located on the north side of the building, the 31,000-gsf addition will house Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science lab and office space, as well as research space for the Department of Materials Science. Consisting of a basement, two main floors and a mechanical penthouse with all new equipment, the addition will be powered by a new electrical substation to relieve the existing loads of the High Bay Building’s substation.
San Diego City College Develops Wireless Mobile Classroom
San Diego City College and Hewlett Packard are developing a $100,000 wireless mobile classroom. The computer lab will house 35 Hewlett Packard notebook computers, a combined printer-scanner-copier-fax machine and a digital camera.
Synygy Plans Corporate Headquarters
Synygy, an employee benefits compensation programming and software company, has commissioned Syska Hennessy Group to design new mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems as well as the acoustics, audiovisual, telecommunications, and lighting for a new corporate headquarters. The 163,500-sf tenant fit-out projects is being undertaken in the historically significant Chester Station in Chester, Pa. The building is one of the best-preserved and most monumental early power plants in the U.S. dating back to 1917.
Lorton Arts Foundation Plans Prison Redevelopment
Fairfax-based Lorton Arts Foundation has submitted a proposal to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to redevelop the 41.4-acre former Lorton prison site as a community arts, education and cultural center. Centerbrook Architects of Centerbrook, Conn., designed the proposed Lorton Workhouse Arts Center, which would include galleries, event space, offices, artist studios, theatrical and production areas, heritage exhibits, and an outdoor music shed.