Industry News

AMN Healthcare (AMN) has selected The Irving Hughes Group as construction manager for its new 172,000-sf corporate headquarters in Del Mar. The facility is being designed by San Diego-based Howard Sneed Architecture and Design, who also designed AMN's current nearby headquarters. The project will cost from $7-million to $7.5-million to build.   

BioMerjeux, a France-based medical-testing products company, opened its new Durham customer service and call center at Teer Technical Park in June.

Technology High School at McKinley's 300,000-sf, $40-million renovation will be delivered by general contractor James G. Davis Construction of Rockville with joint venture partner HRGM. The public/private partnership on the project resulted in $20 million in city-allocated funds with private fund-raising to match, resulting in office space for technology companies also being located on the campus.

Appalachian State University has awarded the Charlotte office of Bovis Lend Lease the $40-million contract to build its new 210,000-sf central library complex in Boone. Consisting of one level below ground and five levels above, the facility will house electronic and traditional information resources and over 800,000 volumes. Included in the project is construction of a 300-car parking garage, renovation of the existing library, and demolition of Whitener Hall.

Camden County College is due to break ground on a 320,000-sf project designed by architect Bower Lewis Thrower of Philadelphia. The 8-story, $15-million development will include 37,000 sf of labs, classrooms, a community information technology center, and a 6-story, 200,000-sf parking garage accommodating 650 cars. A bookstore is included in the 13,500 sf of retail facilities.