New Technology Complex at Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology will have a new advanced computing and information technology complex thanks to a $15 million gift from a former student at the institution.

North Carolina State University Plans Alumni Center

North Carolina State University has awarded the design contract for its new $13 million Alumni Center at the institution's Centennial Campus to  Calloway Johnson Moore & West of Winston-Salem, N.C.

University of San Diego Builds New Arena

University of San Diego is building a $17 million multipurpose arena. The 5,000-seat, 101,000-sf arena will be named after Jenny Craig in honor of her large donation to the project. Mosher Drew Watson Ferguson of San Diego is the architect for the arena.

University of Texas Plans New Research Building

University of Texas has plans for a new $19 million research building at its Health Science Center (HSC) in San Antonio.

City of San Jose/San Jose State University Joint Library

City of San Jose/San Jose State University Joint Library site preparations have begun for a 475,000-sf, eight-story structure scheduled to break ground in July 2000.Completion is anticipated by 2003.The library will be jointly owned and managed by the city and the university.

San Jose State University's New Chemistry Labs

San Jose State University's Duncan Hall, which houses the chemistry department, will be enhanced with new state-of-the-art labs for instruction and research thanks to a $500,000 grant to the chemistry department from the Los Angeles-based W.M. Keck Foundation.

N.C. State University/Lucent Alliance Yields New Building

North Carolina State University, in an alliance with Lucent Technologies, is building a new 120,000-sf facility for fiber optics applications research at the university's Centennial Campus.

St. Mary's Plans New Business School

St. Mary's College of California has begun fund-raising for a new $17 million School of Economics and Business Administration building. The three-story, 36,500-sf structure will accommodate lecture halls, classrooms, offices, conference rooms, and other gathering areas.

The Evolution of Biomedical Research Facilities

The University of Pennsylvania's Biomedical Research Building II/III is setting new standards of efficiency and excellence in the quickly evolving world of research facilities. The 384,000-sf, 15-story building was built with an emphasis on flexible, efficient use of space and, as a result, its designers achieved an unprecedented 77 percent net-to-gross square footage ratio on its laboratory floors.

APPA is in the process of building a manual for

APPA is in the process of putting together a manual for: "Grounds Staffing and Maintenance Guidelines."

Subject Areas that are have already been chosen to be covered in the manual are: