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Methodist Hospital System Opens West Houston Health Center
Methodist Hospital System opened its West Houston health center in Texas in December of 2010. Designed by PageSoutherlandPage, the project includes a 474,000-sf hospital, a 162,000-sf medical office building, and a 13,000-sf central utility plant. The acute care hospital was built by Austin Commercial and will serve as the anchor for the Texas Medical Center-West development. The facility promotes patient safety and healing with an integrated, flexible design providing 100 beds with the ability to accommodate up to 193 beds.
SolarReserve Builds Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project
Tonopah Solar Energy, a subsidiary of SolarReserve, will begin construction in mid-2011 on a $850 million solar power plant in Nye County, Nevada. Sited on 2,250 acres of public land, the 110 megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project will use fields of mirrors called heliostats to focus sunlight on a receiver tower, heating a transfer fluid used to generate steam. The facility will generate enough electricity to power 75,000 households. SolarReserve is based in Santa Monica, Calif.
Broughton Hospital Builds Morgantown Replacement Facility
Broughton Hospital will break ground in spring of 2011 on a $154 million replacement facility in Morgantown, N.C. The 382-bed, 430,000-sf psychiatric hospital is slated for completion in fall of 2013. The general contractor for the project is Rodgers Builders of Charlotte.
UGL Services Provides Green Facilities Services for Brevard College
UGL Services, a division of UGL Limited, was selected by Brevard College in December of 2010 to provide integrated facilities services. The renewable contract extends to June of 2015. The 35-person UGL Services staff provides custodial, housekeeping, landscaping and athletics field maintenance, and building operations and maintenance, as well as renovation and construction services for the 650-student campus that includes 38 buildings and covers 120 acres.
University of Chicago Plans Eckhardt Research Center
The University of Chicago will initiate construction on the $215 million William Eckhardt Research Center in September of 2011. The 265,000-sf facility will provide laboratories for astronomy, chemistry, physics, and astrophysics. Supporting advanced nanoscale reseach and development, the seven-story project will house the Institute for Molecular Engineering and will include two floors below ground. The Institute for Molecular Engineering will be operated in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory.