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Transportation Security Administration Seeks Headquarters
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), an agency created last year to manage airline security, is seeking 400,000 sf of office space by the end of August 2002 for its headquarters. Sites under consideration are in D.C. and Northern Virginia, where there are limited options for such a large space. The relocation could happen by the end of 2002. The TSA currently employs 3,000 personnel, a figure expected to increase with federal budget reallocations.
FDA Builds Silver Spring Campus
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is building a 3,000,000-gsf campus on 130 acres in the 660-acre White Oak Federal Center in Silver Spring, Md. The General Services Administration's National Capital Region broke ground on the first 125,000-gsf building in March of 2001. Designed by Kling Lindquist and RTKL Associates, the facility is a laboratory for the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Now 40% complete, the lab is slated for occupancy in early fiscal 2003.
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Under Construction
The $100-million contract for the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center's first construction sequence was awarded to Centex Construction. Located underground on the Capitol's east grounds, the center will be completed in several phases. The project team includes architect RTKL Associates and construction manager Gilbane Building.
George Washington University Upgrades Communications Network
George Washington University is engaged in a $7.8-million project to upgrade its Foggy Bottom Campus communications network. Over 15,000 faculty, students, and administrators will use the network, which will be accompanied by the university's implementations of Internet telephony services, making the network accessible via desktop or laptop computers.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts Creates New Campus
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is involved in a renovation and expansion of the newly acquired Hamilton Building that will add 300,000 sf of studio and gallery space. The project will allow the Academy, the oldest art school in the country, to consolidate its museum and create a single campus. Located across the street from the Academy, the Hamilton building will allow a 400-student total enrollment and is slated for completion in fall 2003.