Higher Education

The University of Kansas is building a privately funded five- to six-story addition to Learned Hall, enabling consolidation of the School of Engineering's departments and programs in one facility. The addition will feature a new main entrance leading to a media-rich 250-seat lecture classroom/auditorium and administrative offices. Designed by Gould Evans Associates of Lawrence, Kan., the facility will include a 2,000-sf Environmental Engineering and Science Laboratory, 15 new labs, 25 GTA offices and 38 faculty offices.

The University of Kansas is planning to build a second building on the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. Designed by architect Gould Evans Goodman Associates of Overland Park, the facility will house offices, traditional classrooms, tiered high technology classrooms, computer labs, an executive-style boardroom, administrative and faculty offices, a lobby, and a cylindrical 240-seat auditorium. Slated for completion in April of 2004, the project's budget is $17,800,000 with a $14,850,000 construction contract.

The Universityof California Riverside is building Science Laboratories 1. The $17.2-million, 44,138-gsf (25,600-asf) facility will house 5 organic chemistry teaching laboratories, 10 multidisciplinary research laboratories with medium to high intensity fume hood requirements, lab support, and academic offices.

The University of California Riverside is constructing Engineering Building Unit 2, a 125,000-gsf (89,686-asf) facility. The $44-million facility is slated for occupancy in 2005.

The University of California Riverside’s Undergraduate Student Housing Phase 2 is slated for completion in fall of 2002. The $42.8-million, 173,162-gsf (138,530-asf) project consists of eight residence halls with a total of 666 beds. The development also includes facilities for undergraduate student administrative operations.

The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is building a $26-million, 55,000-sf facility in Fresno to accommodate up to 45 students in its UCSF Fresno residency program. Located on the Community Regional Medical Center campus, the three-story building will function as a headquarters, housing the Associate Dean's office, a library, seven residency programs, and an auditorium with videoconferencing capabilities. Groundbreaking for the facility is scheduled for Oct. 22.  

The Universityof California Riverside has completed the pre-design phase of the new Interdisciplinary Studies Building. The $32-million, 69,397-asf facility will house 13 new general assignment classrooms, dry instructional and research labs, faculty and administrative offices, and support space.

The University of Kansas is constructing the Dole Institute & Archive facility. Designed by ASAI Architecture of Lenexa, Kansas, the building will house offices, meeting spaces, and exhibits for the Dole Institute for Public Service & Policy, an institution focusing on current policies and public service. The two-story facility will also house Senator Bob Dole's archives, over 3,500 boxes of material, for study and use by University students and the public.

Construction is scheduled to start on the University of California Riverside’s Physical Sciences 1 in late 2002. The planned 129,000-gsf (73,000-asf) multidisciplinary chemical sciences facility has a budget of $49,010,000. 

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.