National University is building a new 40,000-sf central library at its campus in Kearny Mesa at the San Diego Spectrum business park. Dubbed a "cybrary", the cyber-library will be hard-wired for instant retrieval of multimedia, and will provide access to databases, electronic books and journals, and other Web-based resources. The facility will also accommodate 250,000 volumes of traditional books and periodicals.
Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio has completed construction of the 60,000-sf Sister Anne Sueltenfuss Library, a three-story Gothic structure incorporating state-of-the-art telecommunications and instructional technologies. Classrooms, computer labs, meeting rooms, and offices are located on the first floor. Reading stacks, checkout desk, offices, and a conference room occupy the second floor. Special collections are located in the third floor. T.M. "Team" Davis Construction, Ltd. is the builder
University of California, Santa Barbara, broke ground in April on the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. The 84,672-sf structure will provide space for programs in Applied and Quantitative Ecology, Earth Systems Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, and Environmental Policy and Resource Management. It will include faculty and administrative offices, research and teaching labs, and conference and seminar rooms. Completion is scheduled for 2002.
Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS), one of Canada's leading engineering schools specializing in application and engineering technology, is teaming with Johnson Controls Inc. of Milwaukee to jointly teach building automation control. The university has designated 1,750 sf of classroom and lab space as a Johnson Controls Institute where ETS students and Johnson Controls customers and employees will be trained on the most current HVAC equipment, energy consumption control products, facility management systems and control applications.
University of California, San Francisco's Board of Regents approved plans for the second and third buildings at its new Mission Bay campus. The $58 million Campus Community Center, designed by Legoretta Arquitectos in Mexico City, is a 158,000-gsf structure that will serve as the hub of UCSF services for students, faculty, staff, and the general public. MBT Architecture of San Francisco will work with Legorreta on the facility.
University of Connecticut has begun construction of a 7,150-sf Visitor's Center at its main campus in Storrs, Conn. The $1.9 million facility will accommodate campus exhibits, staff offices, meeting rooms and a catering kitchen. Architects Flad & Associates of Stamford, Conn., and Madison, are providing architectural design and interior design. MEP engineering and structural engineering are being provided by BVH Engineers of Bloomfield, Conn. The construction manager is BB&E of Bloomfield.
Quinsigamond Community College is planning to build a 54,000-sf Learning Resource Center at its Worcester, Mass., campus that will include a 23,000-sf library, a cyber cafe, and a tutorial center. Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture and Engineering, P.C. (EYP) of Boston is designing the structure, which is scheduled to begin construction in September 2001. The Center will be wired for data and computer technologies throughout the building, and will accommodate Internet and Intranet access, with the flexibility to accommodate emerging technologies.
Santa Fe Christian Schools in Solana Beach has plans for a $2.5 million, 14,800-sf technology center and library to serve its 750 students. HMC Architects has designed the center with six computer teaching labs, several research stations, and laptop interfaces. Distance learning, with access to video-conferencing and interactive educational instruction, will be provided in one dedicated lab. The center will provide high-speed Internet connection, with sophisticated filtering software blocking inappropriate material.
General Services Administration (GSA) is planning a new $35 million, 215,000-sf facility in Washington for the Office of Student Financial Assistance, a Department of Education division. Groundbreaking is scheduled for May 2000, with occupancy anticipated by October 2001. Greenbaum & Rose of Washington is the developer for the project. The general contractor is Centex Construction of Fairfax, Va.
National University has two buildings under construction for its campus near San Diego--a 64,400-sf classroom building and a 40,000-sf library. The San Diego firm of Reno Contracting is in charge of the project.
Georgia Institute of Technology will have a new advanced computing and information technology complex thanks to a $15 million gift from a former student at the institution.
North Carolina State University has awarded the design contract for its new $13 million Alumni Center at the institution's Centennial Campus to Calloway Johnson Moore & West of Winston-Salem, N.C.
University of San Diego is building a $17 million multipurpose arena. The 5,000-seat, 101,000-sf arena will be named after Jenny Craig in honor of her large donation to the project. Mosher Drew Watson Ferguson of San Diego is the architect for the arena. Ninteman Construction Co. Inc. of San Diego is the builder.
University of Texas has plans for a new $19 million research building at its Health Science Center (HSC) in San Antonio. The HSC has a $131.5 million major building campaign scheduled through 2006 that will include one adult cancer research building and one building for pediatric cancer research.
City of San Jose/San Jose State University Joint Library site preparations have begun for a 475,000-sf, eight-story structure scheduled to break ground in July 2000.Completion is anticipated by 2003.The library will be jointly owned and managed by the city and the university. Project costs are estimated at $176.3 million, with the San Jose Redevelopment Agency contributing $75.3 million, and the university contributing the remaining amount.
