The Community College of Philadelphia recently opened the Center for Business and Industry. The $29-million, three-story center houses the College's Division of Community Services and Continuing Education Programs, which provides training programs connected with business and government agencies. In addition to classrooms, the center includes a regional ACT Testing Center.
The University of San Diego has selected general contractor Douglas E. Barnhart Inc. and architect Wheeler Wimer Blackman & Associates, both of San Diego, to create the $6.3-million Degheri Alumni Center. The 30,425-sf facility, built on the site of the former Harmon Hall, is slated for completion in November 2003. The building will serve as a hospitality center and provide space for the university's communication and marketing departments, alumni relations, parent relations, and fund-raising.
Harvard Medical School has outsourced all engineering and trade functions for mechanical systems maintenance to UNICCO Service Company. Including preventative, predictive and emergency maintenance for Harvard's 19 buildings and 1.6-million sf, the contract includes utility management, facilities systems monitoring and maintenance, a 24/7 call center, work order management, automated inspections, and management reporting.
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.
North Carolina State University has awarded Shelco Inc. the $17-million contract to construct the 80,000-sf Partners Building III. Located on the Centennial Campus, the three-story building will house offices for the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences and the College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences. The project includes an adjacent 630-car parking deck.
San Diego Unified School District's High Tech High School has purchased the 38,900-sf Building 49 at Liberty Station in Point Loma. Buildings 36, 37 and 51 will be acquired by summer of 2003, bringing the school's total square footage to 93,107. Located on the site of the former Naval Training Facility, High Tech High School, a public charter school, will occupy 22 of Liberty Station's 361 acres. The site redeveloper is Corky McMillin Cos. of National City.
The state of Texas has selected Cadence McShane Corporation of Austin to construct Texas A&M University's new 52,000-sf Performing Arts Center in Corpus Christi. The 1,500-seat, three-level concert hall will feature a 50-foot glass wall facing Corpus Christi Bay and is slated for completion in summer of 2004.
Delaware Valley College is partnering with the Hepatitis B Foundation to create a new biotechnology research complex on the college's Doylestown campus. The project, slated to open in fall 2004, will encompass two developments.
North Carolina Central University in Durham is considering an expansion of its 40,000-sf Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute. An additional facility, a mirror image of the existing building, would be sited on an adjacent parking lot. The expansion would enable the University to double its 32-member biotech staff.
Carnegie Mellon University has selected Architectural Resources Group of San Francisco and Turner Construction of San Jose to renovate facilities on NASA's Moffett Field in Mountain View. The University will expand its West Coast campus with 19,000 sf in buildings 23 and 24 of the Shenandoah Plaza quadrangle. The 70-year-old, six-building complex is listed on the state historic register.
The 30,000-sf Imagine It! Children’s Museum will open March 1, 2003 next to Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. Designed by Atlanta architectural firm Stang & Nedow, the $4.3-million facility will house 16,000-sf of interactive exhibits.
Auburn University in Alabama has contracted Birmingham-based architecture and interior design firm The Garrison Barrett Group to design an 8,000-sf single-level facility to be sited next to the Club Golf Course practice range. The facility will house offices, classrooms, locker rooms, and team meeting rooms.
The University at Buffalo has opened the renovated Ellicott Food Court at its North Campus in Amherst. The $5-million project creates a vital hub area for Ellicott Dormitory's 3,250 residents.
The University of Redlands will initiate construction on an $8.4-million student housing project in January 2003. Built by general contractor Capstone Building Corp., the development is slated for completion in September 2003.
The College of Oceaneering, a commercial diving educational institution, has opened a satellite campus is San Diego that features a diving tank, a hyperbaric chamber, classrooms, and a nondestructive testing lab. The College of Oceaneering is headquartered at its home campus in Wilmington, Calif., and is owned by the National University System.
