Higher Education

The University of Michigan is connecting Mason Hall and Haven Hall with a $38-million, 213,000-gsf renovation project. Eight stories will be added to Haven Hall, the interior space renovated, and the main entry demolished with an addition extending to the south end of Mason Hall. Haven Hall, with new mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications systems, will house new office space for History, Political Science, American Culture, and the Center for African and Afro-American Studies.

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is engaged in a $126-million renovation and expansion of the IST High Bay Building. Located on the north side of the building, the 31,000-gsf addition will house Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science lab and office space, as well as research space for the Department of Materials Science. Consisting of a basement, two main floors and a mechanical penthouse with all new equipment, the addition will be powered by a new electrical substation to relieve the existing loads of the High Bay Building’s substation.

The University of Michigan is building the $96-million, 235,000-gsf Life Sciences Institute comprised of six floors and a mechanical penthouse. Part of the of Palmer Drive Development, the facility will house the newly created Life Sciences Institute, established to enhance education, basic research and translational research in the life sciences. The Life Sciences Institute will house 150,000 nsf of wet research labs, lab support, core lab areas, principal investigator offices, interaction spaces, administrative offices, a combined gallery/lobby space, and a small library.

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor’s $17.7-million, 107,800-gsf Dana Building Phase II Renovation project is under construction. Creating new program facilities on the fourth floor, the renovation also includes new plumbing, heating, cooling, and ventilation systems, with upgrades to electrical and fire protection systems. Most spaces not recently renovated will be renovated in the second phase.

The University of Michigan is constructing the Palmer Drive Development, a complex of buildings including the existing Power Center for the Performing Arts, the Central Power Plant, and the Fletcher Street parking structure. Demolition of the North University Building and Plant Services Building will create space for the new buildings, the Life Sciences Institute Building and the Commons Building.

Lewis & Clark   College is planning to build the 50,000-sf Howard Center for Social Sciences on the college’s Portland campus. Housing classrooms, faculty offices, Social Science departmental facilities, and breakout space for student and faculty interaction, the center will replace outdated single-story classrooms. Located on the western edge of the academic quad, the building will continue the College’s progress towards meeting national space standards. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2003, with completion expected in August 2004.

The University of Michigan began building the $33-million, 99,000-gsf Commons Building in November 2001and expects construction to reach completion in November 2003. Part of the Palmer Drive development, the facility will house a 140-seat lecture hall, conference and meeting rooms, a large, divisible banquet hall, a public deli/café, a retail convenience store, and offices for the Department of Public Safety, the Bioinformatics Department, and the adjacent University Central Power Plant. The building will consist of six floors and a mechanical penthouse.

Lewis & Clark College is renovating the historic Albany Hall to house administrative space, offices, meeting and conference rooms, a café, and other academic, support, and social functions for faculty and students. Comprised of 14,700 sf distributed on three floors, the building includes a daylight basement. Built in 1929, the facility will become Albany Center and will provide temporary space for the college’s Bicentennial activities from 2003 to 2006, as well as office and classroom swing space to support the Howard Center construction project.

San Diego City College and Hewlett Packard are developing a $100,000 wireless mobile classroom. The computer lab will house 35 Hewlett Packard notebook computers, a combined printer-scanner-copier-fax machine and a digital camera.

Northwestern University is building the Benjamin W. Slivka Residence Hall, a 141-bed suite style dormitory for the Science and Technology Residential College. The Evanston building features a cyber cafe, a coffeehouse-style gathering place with Internet connections. Architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates designed the $13-million facility, which is slated for completion in fall of 2002. The general contractor for the project is Novak Construction Company of Chicago.

Construction of Northwestern University’s $32,250,000 Center for Nanofabrication and Self Assembly is nearing completion. Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership of Los Angeles, the 43,800-sf Evanston campus facility will house research laboratories for the Chemistry department, analytical and laser laboratories, and office space. Contractor Turner Construction Company is joined on the project team by structural engineer Chris P. Stefanos Associates of Oak Lawn, Ill., mechanical engineer Bard, Rao + Athanas of Chicago, and civil engineer Terra Engineering of Chicago.

Northwestern University is building the The McCormick Tribune Center, a new broadcast journalism facility housing classrooms, an auditorium, faculty offices, and a broadcast studio. Designed by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott of New York, the $14-million Evanston facility is slated for completion in fall of 2002. Pepper Construction Company of Chicago is the general contractor for the project.

Biogen has opened the 1,100-sf Biogen Community Laboratory, a teaching lab located in one of the company's R&D facilities at its Cambridge headquarters. Featuring the most recent laboratory technology, the Community Laboratory will serve Cambridge public school students. 50 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School students participated in a molecular genetics class at the facility this summer.

The University of Michigan Medical School is building the new $220-million, 472,000-gsf Biomedical  Science Research Building  on its Ann Arbor campus. Containing 240 lab modules, each accommodating up to four researchers, the facility is designed to promote group interaction. Project features include an animal research facility, two levels below grade, and a 300-seat auditorium.

Camden County College is building a 320,000-sf technology center and 200,000-sf, six-story parking garage. The $20-million facility will house 37,000-sf of classrooms, a technology center, laboratories, and 13,500-sf of retail including a bookstore.