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.
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has topped out its new $221.9-million George and Cynthia Mitchell Basic Sciences Research Building. Slated for completion and initial occupancy in November, the 18-story, 500,000-sf facility is expected to be fully operational in June 2004. Located in Houston's Texas Medical Center, the building will house six floors of research laboratories, an auditorium, conference facilities, small-animal vivariums, and classrooms for the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston.
The Dallas Independent School District has selected Dallas-based HKS Inc. to design a $30-million stadium and field house in southern Dallas. HKS has been awarded more than $76-million in projects with three Dallas-Fort Worth area school districts, and is negotiating for projects with the Garland and Birdville independent school districts.
Miramar College in San Diego is building the $2-million, 10,000-sf Advanced Transportation Technology Center. Housing two general purpose classrooms, seven interior auto bays, five faculty offices, three storage rooms, and over 10,000-sf of exterior work space, the facility will contain millions of dollars of tools and equipment supplied by Toyota Motor Sales USA. Miramar College is also working with Kvaas Constructors to build the $7.2-million, 41,850-sf Science and Technology Center in Mira Mesa.
Piedmont Triad Research Park at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem is slated to become a growing biotech incubator. Expanding the 10-acre park into a 180-acre biotech complex, the development will extend North Carolina's biotechnology corridor to the western portion of the state. The Piedmont incubator is being designed by Sasaki Associates, a firm based in Watertown, Mass., with an additional office in San Francisco.
The University of California San Diego (UCSD) began construction on the $100-million Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center located on the school's east campus in La Jolla. Slated for completion in 2004, the 270,000-sf facility will be one of 40 buildings in the nation designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Consolidating people and programs currently dispersed in various campus buildings, the center will house over 300 scientists, physicians and staff engaged in clinical, research, education, and outreach operations.
Montclair State University has selected The S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury, Conn., to design a new, 6-8 floor academic building. The 190,000-nsf (271,428 gsf) structure will house 52 classrooms of various sizes as well as The College of Education and Human Services; The Office of Information Technology; and a 31,000-sf Conference Center. Completion of the $54,285,600 project is anticipated in February 2005.
The Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial is slated for construction in Washington. The $100-million project, managed by Concord Partners of Washington, will include a 50,000-sf addition to the 30,000-sf National Bank of Washington building purchased two years ago for the museum by the Armenian Assembly of America.
