Industry News

Texas A&M University has selected Skanska USA to construct the $34 million Arts and Humanities Building in College Station. The 107,000-sf facility will house the Department of English, the Department of Performance Studies, and the Institute for Digital Humanities, Media and Culture. The building will provide advanced classrooms, studios, rehearsal rooms, music teaching labs, and offices. Completion is slated for summer of 2012.

Siemens will build an offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility in the Port of Hull in the United Kingdom. The construction cost of the production plant is estimated at $130 million.

The University of New South Wales is planning to build the Wallace Wurth Building in Sydney. Accommodating 678 staff and 1300 students, the medical teaching, research, and training facility will house wet and dry labs, classrooms, lecture halls, seminar rooms, and an animal facility.

Idaho National Laboratory broke ground on the Energy Systems Laboratory on February 1, 2011. Representing an expansion of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies, the facility will house research, teaching, and demonstration facilities for the study of alternative energy systems and technologies.

Danbury Hospital will break ground in spring of 2011 on the $150 million North Tower clinical addition in Danbury, Conn. The 300,000-sf project will enhance patient-centered care with private rooms, a 40,000-sf emergency department, and integrated healthcare services. The North Tower will also house a 30-bed ICU and critical care unit and a rooftop helipad. Completion is expected in 2014.