Industry News

Lockheed Martin opened the Huntsville Integrated Test Center (HIT) in March of 2011. Ground was broken on the 21,000-sf building in June of 2010. The facility houses testing laboratories for missile defense systems and includes two five-axis motion simulators with infrared scene generators. The general contractor was Joe Still Construction. A second phase of construction will provide laboratories for systems integration and missile integration.

Good Samaritan Hospital initiated a $30 million renovation of its San Jose campus in April of 2011. Located on two floors in the North Tower, the project includes construction of a neuroscience ICU and approximately 50 private inpatient rooms.

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center is building a $120 million critical care tower in Paterson, N.J. The four-story facility will provide 56 intensive care rooms, 12 operating rooms, a rooftop helipad, and a 100,000-sf emergency department with 89 treatment bays. Occupancy is expected in September of 2011.

Boeing began building a second avionics facility in Oklahoma City in March of 2011. The six-story, 320,000-sf building is slated for occupancy in mid-2012. The design-build contractor for the facility is Gardner Tanenbaum Group. Boeing is headquartered in St. Louis.

Auburn University broke ground on the $6.3 million Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center on March 30, 2011. The facility will support teaching and research in feed science, technology, and manufacturing. The feed mill will be constructed using a modular design. Completion is expected in December of 2011.