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Industry News
Federation of Korean Industries Opens Seoul Headquarters
The Federation of Korean Industries opened its 50-story headquarters in Seoul in early 2014. The facility features an advanced solar electric façade and has received the highest sustainable design rating from the Korean Institute of Construction Technology. The spandrel panels in the exterior walls are angled at 30 degrees upward toward the sun, maximizing the amount of energy collected, while the vision panels are angled at 15 degrees downward toward the ground, minimizing the amount of direct sun radiation and glare.
Seton Health and the University of Texas Plan Austin Teaching Hospital
Seton Health is partnering with the University of Texas Dell Medical School to build a $295 million teaching hospital in Austin. General contractor JE Dunn will begin construction on the facility in mid-2014 with completion expected in 2017. The hospital will replace the existing University Medical Center Brackenridge and will be owned and operated by Seton, a subsidiary of Ascension Health.
University of South Carolina Breaks Ground on School of Journalism
The University of South Carolina broke ground in February of 2014 on the new home for the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies in Columbia, S.C. Designed by the Boudreaux Group, the $25 million project includes renovation of the former Health Sciences building to create a 55,000-sf facility providing classrooms, faculty offices, computer labs, a broadcasting room, an audiovisual suite, a multimedia lab, a greenhouse studio, an auditorium, and administrative space.
DOE Plans Energy Researh Facility at Pacific Northwest National Lab
The Department of Energy will begin construction in April of 2014 on a $10 million research facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash. The project will be designed and built by DGR Grant Construction in collaboration with Meier Architecture & Engineering.
Nevada State College Breaks Ground on Nursing & Sciences Building
Nevada State College broke ground in January of 2014 on the $32 million Nursing & Sciences Building in Las Vegas. Designed by PGAL, the 66,000-sf facility will provide advanced science labs, classrooms, faculty offices, an auditorium, and computer labs. The construction manager for the project is Ledcor. Completion is expected in August of 2015.