The U.S. Department of State's Overseas Buildings Operations Bureau awarded San Antonio-based The H.B. Zachry Co. the $50.6-million contract to design and build the new United States Embassy in Cambodia. Sited in Phnom Penh, the 128,000-sf compound is expected to begin construction in June 2003 and reach completion in January 2006. The H.B. Zachary Co., which participated in the design and construction of the U.S.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will award the Atlanta CDC $250-million in federal funds to perform needed facility renovations. The CDC branch at Colorado's Ft. Collins will receive $18-million for improvements. The CDC's ten year master building plan includes facility and equipment improvements totalling approximately $1.5-billion.
The Austin office of White Construction Co. has been awarded the $20-million contract to build a new detention center in Lea County, New Mexico. Construction of the 432-bed center is expected to begin in June 2003 with completion in June 2004.
DynCorp, the EPA's new technology contractor, has leased 68,000 sf in Highwoods Properties' Research Commons development in Research Triangle Park.
The U.S. General Services Administration has selected the Los Angeles office of New York-based architectural firm Richard Meier & Partners to design the new 60,000-sf federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. The facility is projected to reach completion in fall 2009.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is constructing the Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies on its Cambridge campus. The facility is funded by a $50-million grant from the U.S. Army.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is planning to replace its existing East Point facility with a new 350,000-sf regional records center in Morrow, Ga. Annexes in Palmetto and Birmingham, Ala., will also be consolidated with the new facility. NARA is the federal agency that provides records storage, management, and archival genealogical reference services to federal agencies and the public. NARA currently operates 15 records center facilities nationwide.
Federal IT and security contractor NCI Information Systems has relocated its corporate headquarters from Tysons Corner to Reston, Va. The company leased 76,716 sf of office space at Plaza America, a 1.2 million-sf development that is nearly 50% leased by government-related tenants. NCI relocated to accommodate growth and increase customer and employee convenience.
The D.C. Housing Authority has awarded Hensel-Phelps Construction the design-build contract to construct the Youth Services Center in Washington. The 120,000-sf detention facility will be constructed with HOK as lead designer. The project is slated for completion in May 2004.
The Alameda County General Services Agency has signed a 30-year lease for the planned Thomas L. Berkeley Square development in Oakland. The 101,000-sf facility will serve as the Social Services Agency's administrative headquarters and will consolidate divisions currently dispersed across Oakland. The North Alameda County Self Sufficiency Center, a welfare job training program, will also be housed in the building.
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Department broke ground in mid-January 2003 on a biosafety lab that will enable the department to test for and detect potential bio-terrorist materials to protect both state residents and their food supply.
The Department of Defense will occupy a 150,000-sf facility in Columbia's Oak Ridge Industrial Park in Howard County. The building houses 50,000-sf of laboratory space and was the former North American headquarters of Bookham Technology.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will occupy a 140,000-sf facility under construction in the Redland Tech Center in Rockville. Slated for completion in March of 2003, the facility includes a 670-car surface parking lot. Developer The Stephen A. Goldberg Co. plans to build two more facilities at the Redmond Tech Center for a total of 500,000 sf. The project is sited on 27 acres of forest preserve, of which the buildings occupy 13 acres.
The California Department of Health Services is nearing completion of its Richmond, Calif., complex. Construction manager McCarthy has guided the project's two phases, totaling more than 475,000-sf of offices, life sciences laboratories, animal facilities and warehousing space. The largest non-design-build project ever undertaken by the State of California, the $130-million project completes in January 2003 after a 4-year construction schedule.
