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UMass Lowell Breaks Ground on Academic Building
The University of Massachusetts broke ground on the 69,000-sf Health and Social Sciences Building in Lowell in April of 2011. Housing the departments of psychology, nursing, and criminal justice, the facility will provide classrooms, labs, faculty offices, conference rooms, simulation suites for healthcare training, and social science research space. The sustainably designed project will feature natural lighting and ventilation and efficient building systems.
University of North Carolina-Asheville Dedicates Sherrill Center for Health & Wellness
The University of North Carolina-Asheville dedicated the $41 million Wilma M. Sherrill Center in April of 2011. The 135,500-sf facility houses the N.C. Center for Health & Wellness, classrooms, labs, fitness rooms, a teaching kitchen, a cafe, and the Kimmel Arena. The sustainably designed facility features natural lighting, an underground rainwater cistern, and occupancy sensors for lighting.
Veterans Affairs Builds Pittsburgh Research Facility
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health System will begin construction in late spring of 2011 on a $27.3 million research office facility. The three-story, 100,000-sf project will provide laboratories, clinical space, offices, support, and a rooftop helipad. The project team includes Pittsburgh-based architectural firm Astorino and general contractor P.J. Dick of West Mifflin. Completion is expected in October of 2013.
Martin Luther King Jr. Harbor Hospital Expands in Los Angeles County
Martin Luther King Jr. Harbor Hospital awarded Hensel Phelps Construction a $165.1 million design-build contract for the expansion and renovation of its Willowbrook campus in Los Angeles County. A 120-bed inpatient facility will be constructed and three existing buildings will be renovated. Completion is expected in September of 2013.
University of North Carolina Health Care Breaks Ground on Hillsborough Hospital
University of North Carolina Health Care broke ground on a satellite hospital campus in Hillsborough in April of 2011. The $200 million project will be constructed by Skanska USA Building in two phases. The first phase, a three-story, 60,000-sf physician office building, is slated for occupancy in spring of 2013. The second phase, a 260,000-sf, 68-bed hospital, will open in July of 2015. The hospital will include an emergency department, an intensive care unit, six operating rooms, and two procedure rooms.