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Indiana University Builds South Bend Student Activities Center
Indiana University is building the 92,387-gsf (57,280-asf) Student Activities Center on its South Bend campus. Designed by Architecture Design Group (ADG), the $16,651,000 project will house student government, organizational offices and meeting room facilities, and food service, retail, lounge, and support/security space. Recreational facilities in the center will include a fieldhouse, jogging track, handball courts, exercise and aerobics rooms, showers, and locker rooms.
University of Memphis Completes School of Hospitality and Resort Management
The University of Memphis has completed the $15-million Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management. The 82-suite building with meeting, ballroom, and service restaurant facilities was designed by Guy Payne and Associates and built by Mayer Construction.
University of Memphis Renovates Student Center
The University of Memphis renovation of Wilder Tower is slated for completion in late August 2002. The building, designed by a joint venture of Allen and Hoshall and WPA, will house centralized student services including registration, financial aid and counseling. General contractor for the $12-million project is Jameson and Gibson.
Indiana University Develops Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology Education Center
The Indiana University in Bloomington is renovating Myers Hall, built in 1937, to house the Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology Education Center. The renovation will involve code-compliant infrastructure improvements, will add research space and increase teaching lab flexibility. Architects Payette Associates and Frank M. Adams Jr. & Associates designed the project, which includes a tri-level medical library stack area.
University of Memphis Renovates Biomedical Engineering Technology Laboratory
The University of Memphis awarded Wells Construction Corporation the contract to build specialized research laboratory rooms, designed by Ellers Oakley Chester and Rike, in the Biomedical Engineering Technology Laboratory. Construction of the $1,150,000 project is expected to take 210 days. The University is also investing $3,875,000 to bring fume hoods in many science and research buildings into compliance with current codes. The project was designed by Allen and Hoshall and is being built by Jameson Gibson Contractors.