Lexington, Ky.
The University of Kentucky has selected Gilman Building Co. of Columbus, Ohio, as construction manager for its new $67.2-million, 185,000-sf Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building. The new building, with four floors of research space and a basement, will serve as a facility for collaboration in research and graduate education in biological chemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, vaccine development, host resistance, and related fields. The building will also house the Neurosciences Institute, including the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2002 with completion in spring 2004.