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Stamford Hospital Selects e-Builder as Project Information Management Platform
Stamford Hospital has selected e-Builder's Enterprise to manage construction project information for a new Specialty Building and Bed Tower. Skanska has been retained as the construction manager for the facility master plan. e-Builder will be used to track meeting minutes, project cost controls, construction administration process automation of RFIs, change orders, submittals, and project status reporting.
Marshall University Builds Applied Science Center
Marshall University will break ground in fall of 2012 on the $50 million Applied Science Center in Huntington, W.V. The 140,000-sf facility will house the College of Information Technology and Engineering and its divisions of engineering, computer science, applied science and technology; research laboratories for mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and bioengineering; the Departments of Mathematics and Computational Science; and a computer modeling and digital imaging/simulation resource facility.
University of Alaska Fairbanks Constructs Engineering Facility
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is constructing a $111 million engineering facility. Providing advanced laboratories, classrooms, and offices, the five-story, 117,000-sf project will link the existing Duckering and Bunnell buildings. Completion is expected in spring of 2018.
Bosch Builds Renningen R&D Center
Bosch initiated construction in June of 2012 on a 1.2 million-sf R&D center in Renningen, Germany. The $200 million project includes construction of 14 new buildings. Bosch will also build a $96 million, 409,000-sf production facility in Blaj, Romania, and a new manufacturing plant in Bidadi, India, will be constructed to replace Bosch's existing facility in Bangalore. The Bosch Group is a manufacturer of appliances, power tools, and automotive and machinery components.
Construction Continues on King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Construction continues on a major expansion of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Designed by Cannon Design, the project includes an 893,405-sf, 302-bed cancer center; an 11-story, 409,000-sf biotechnology research tower; a 205,000-sf emergency medicine facility; and a 194,000-sf utility plant. The project features an extensive underground tunnel network for vehicles, supply transport, and utilities. The cancer center is expected to reach completion by year-end 2013.