Top 10 Reports of 2018

1. Bringing Real-time Interactivity to Campus Master Planning
2. Making an Old Science Building Relevant Again
3. Scientific Workplace Promotes Collaboration and Innovation
4. Massachusetts General Hospital’s New Methods and Metrics for Measuring Utilization of Research Space
5. Merck’s New Research Buildings Respond to Disruptive Technology, Changing Social Norms
6. Caltech’s New CAST Facility Simulates Testing Environments for Drones, Robots, and Satellites
7. Five Key Design Elements of Successful STEM Facilities
8. Novartis' Activity-Based Work Environments Have Broad Appeal
9. Well Buildings for Occupant Well Being
10. OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Offers Team Science Approach to Early Detection Research

Collin College Builds Wylie Campus

Collin College is building a 339,000-sf campus in Wylie, Texas.

Mayo Clinic Plans Phoenix Expansion

Mayo Clinic is planning a $648 million expansion of its Phoenix medical facilities. The Arizona Forward Project will add 1.4 million square feet to the existing 1.7 million-sf campus, increasing the number of inpatient beds from 280 to 374.

University Fits Renovations Into its Master Plan

At the University of Minnesota, a renovation/construction project to add science space required detailed integration with the campus district plan, as well as preservation of historic features. The result was enhanced physical connectivity on campus, a careful blending of older and new construction, and improved energy performance. Tate Hall is one of 260 structures on the main Twin Cities campus, which is so large that planners have divided it into districts for planning purposes. The urban campus straddles the Mississippi River, and Tate, a horseshoe-shaped building first constructed in 1926, sat largely empty, as most of the physics department had recently moved to a new research building.

NASA Constructs Research Support Building

NASA Glenn Research Center will begin construction in fall of 2018 on the Research Support Building in Cleveland.

Boeing Sites Aerospace and Autonomy Center at MIT's Kendall Square Development

Boeing will lease approximately 100,000 sf of research space to house the Aerospace and Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Mass.

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Plans Residential Complex

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is planning to break ground in November of 2018 on a $134 million student housing and dining complex.

16 Tech Plans Advanced Research and Innovation Facility

16 Tech Community Corporation will break ground in fall of 2018 on the $30 million Advanced Research and Innovation Facility in Indianapolis.

University of Calgary Develops MacKimmie Complex and Professional Faculties Building Project

The University of Calgary is engaged in a multiyear construction and renovation of its campus core in Alberta, Canada.

Charles Schwab Expands Austin Campus

Charles Schwab is engaged in a major expansion of its 50-acre Gracy Farms campus in north Austin. In June of 2018, the financial services company opened two five-story buildings providing 469,000 sf of office space, as well as an amenities center and a parking garage.