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Radford University Constructs Humanities and Behavioral Sciences Building

Published 2/18/2014

Radford University will begin construction in spring of 2014 on a $53 million facility to house the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences in Radford, Va. The 143,600-sf project will enable the University to consolidate all of the college’s departments in a single facility and will provide laboratories, classrooms, offices, a television studio, a moot courtroom, an emergency operations training center, a forensic lab, and student/faculty collaboration space. The project team includes Mosely Architects and construction manager S.B.

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Seton Health and the University of Texas Plan Austin Teaching Hospital

Published 2/14/2014

Seton Health is partnering with the University of Texas Dell Medical School to build a $295 million teaching hospital in Austin. General contractor JE Dunn will begin construction on the facility in mid-2014 with completion expected in 2017. The hospital will replace the existing University Medical Center Brackenridge and will be owned and operated by Seton, a subsidiary of Ascension Health.

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University of South Carolina Breaks Ground on School of Journalism

Published 2/13/2014

The University of South Carolina broke ground in February of 2014 on the new home for the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies in Columbia, S.C. Designed by the Boudreaux Group, the $25 million project includes renovation of the former Health Sciences building to create a 55,000-sf facility providing classrooms, faculty offices, computer labs, a broadcasting room, an audiovisual suite, a multimedia lab, a greenhouse studio, an auditorium, and administrative space.

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Nevada State College Breaks Ground on Nursing & Sciences Building

Published 2/10/2014

Nevada State College broke ground in January of 2014 on the $32 million Nursing & Sciences Building in Las Vegas. Designed by PGAL, the 66,000-sf facility will provide advanced science labs, classrooms, faculty offices, an auditorium, and computer labs. The construction manager for the project is Ledcor. Completion is expected in August of 2015.

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University of Tennessee Knoxville Initiates Science Facility Renovation

Published 2/6/2014

The University of Tennessee has begun renovating Sophronia Strong Hall to create an advanced science laboratory facility. The completed nine-story, 268,000-sf building will house the departments of anthropology and earth and planetary sciences, as well as providing instructional space and open, flexible labs for the departments of biology and chemistry. The $114 million project is expected to reach completion in early 2016. LEED Silver sustainable design will be sought for the renovated facility.

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School of Dentistry at Houston

Published 2/5/2014

The six-story, 296,500-sf University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s School of Dentistry includes dental clinics, simulation and pre-clinical labs, clinical support labs, a clinical research lab, classrooms, learning resource center, student center, and administrative space. The building is divided into three zones: patient and public areas on the lower floors, topped by student areas, then faculty and staff areas on the upper floors.

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University of Anchorage Constructs Engineering & Industry Building

Published 2/3/2014

The University of Alaska Anchorage is building the $123 million Engineering & Industry Building. Providing classrooms and laboratories for the College of Engineering, the facility will support instruction in eleven disciplines including mechanical, electrical, civil, arctic, and computer systems engineering. The 80,000-sf building will feature computer-aided-design (CAD) labs and a prototyping lab with 3D printers.

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All Children's Hospital Partners with University of South Florida on Pediatric Research Facility

Published 1/30/2014

All Children's Hospital is partnering with the University of South Florida to create a 300,000-sf pediatric research facility in St. Petersburg. Housing 40 investigators, the project will support medical education, training, and joint research in areas including neuroscience, behavioral health, and early childhood diseases. The estimated construction cost of the facility is $75 million.

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Health Sciences Research Building

Published 1/29/2014

Emory University’s 200,000-sf Health Sciences Research Building (HSRB) provides both wet and dry labs and BSL-2 and BSL-3 containment to pursue research in drug discovery, immunology and vaccines, neurosciences, cancer, gastroenterology, transplant immunology, nephrology, biomedical engineering, and human genetics.

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Panola College Plans Health and Science Building

Published 1/29/2014

Panola College is planning to build a 64,000-sf facility to house the departments of Science and Health Science in Carthage, Texas. Designed by Corgan Associates, the $35 million facility will provide teaching labs for biology, chemistry, microbiology, physical science, anatomy, physiology, nursing, and occupational therapy. The Science-Health Science Building will also house classrooms, lecture halls, offices, computer labs, an instrumentation room, and study suites. The project contractor is HUNT Construction.

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania Constructs Social Sciences Building

Published 1/27/2014

Indiana University of Pennsylvania is building a $30 million facility for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Designed by Astorino to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, the building will house the departments of English, journalism, political science, philosophy, history, religious studies, geography, and regional planning. The five-story, 126,505-sf facility will provide 31 classrooms, 120 faculty and administrative offices, laboratories, a 250-seat auditorium, eight conference rooms, a media room, and an atrium.

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University of Georgia Plans Science Learning Center

Published 1/24/2014

The University of Georgia is planning to build the $45 million Science Learning Center in Athens. The 122,500-sf facility will provide modern, flexible laboratories for undergraduate science instruction in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines. The building will house 33 teaching labs for chemistry, physics, biological sciences, and plant biology. Upon completion, the University is also planning a $10 million renovation to upgrade its existing science laboratories.

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University of Michigan Completes Second Phase of Memorial Phoenix Lab Renovation

Published 1/22/2014

The University of Michigan has completed the second renovation phase of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Laboratory in Ann Arbor. Designed by Lord Aeck Sargent, the $11.1 million project included construction of a 10,161-sf addition to house the University of Michigan Energy Institute and the creation of advanced laboratory space on the second floor of the existing building. The completed facility includes a 2,108-sf chemistry lab with 12 fume hoods, a 1,082-sf chemistry lab with two fume hoods, research offices, and an executive conference room.

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University of Wyoming Builds Enzi STEM Facility

Published 1/20/2014

The University of Wyoming began construction on the $50 million Michael B. Enzi STEM Facility in Laramie in January of 2014. The three-story, 100,000-sf facility will provide 32 teaching labs for chemistry, biology, organic chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computer science. The building will also include eight prep rooms, eight offices, a commons area, and an atmospheric sciences lab to support collaborative research with the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center in Cheyenne.

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Northwestern Designs Biomedical Research Facility

Published 1/17/2014
Northwestern University has selected Perkins+Will to design a $1 billion biomedical research facility in Chicago. Located on the former site of the Prentice Women’s Hospital, the collaborative 1.2 million-sf project will connect to the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center on multiple levels. The facility will be developed in phases with construction beginning in 2015 on the $370 million base building providing between 300,000 sf and 500,000 sf of advanced translational research space as well as an interaction atrium and a lecture hall.

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