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Central Texas College Plans Nursing Education Building
Central Texas College will initiate construction in May of 2009 on a $23 million nursing education building in Killeen. Slated for occupancy in spring of 2011, the two-story, 85,000-sf facility will be shared with Tarleton State University-Central Texas and Metroplex Hospital. The building will provide 19 classrooms, 69 faculty offices, and eight medical simulation labs.
Brandeis University Opens Shapiro Science Center
Brandeis University celebrated the opening of the $154 million Carl J. Shapiro Science Center in Waltham, Mass., in April of 2009. Designed by Payette of Boston, the 175,000-sf project broke ground in spring of 2006. The facility features interdisciplinary research labs, a science commons, classrooms, seminar rooms, conference rooms, and a café. The Shapiro Science Center will officially be dedicated in fall of 2009 and represents the first phase of the Science Complex Renewal Project.
University of Washington Constructs Paccar Hall
The University of Washington is building the 135,000-sf Paccar Hall in Seattle. Designed by LMN Architects, the five-story facility will house tiered classrooms, a 250-seat auditorium, faculty offices, an atrium, and student interaction space for the Michael G. Foster School of Business. Completion is slated for 2010. A second business school building will be constructed adjacent to Paccar Hall.
Stimululs Funding Initiates Rocky Mountain Research Station Construction
The U.S. Forest Service will break ground in April of 2009 on a 21,700-sf headquarters for the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Fort Collins, Colo. Supported by $1.3 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the two-story building will house laboratories and offices for environmental science and climate change research. Utilizing solar power for electricity and water heating, the collaborative and flexible research facility will feature an open laboratory plan. The general contractor for the project is Greenleaf Construction.
University of Waterloo Builds Quantum-Nano Centre
The University of Waterloo is building the $160 million Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC) in Waterloo, Ontario. Housing research and instruction in quantum information technology and nanotechnology, the 280,000-sf project broke ground in June of 2008 and is slated for occupancy in early 2011. Designed by KPMB Architects of Toronto, the five-story facility will include a 10,000-sf fabrication cleanroom, a metrology suite, teaching and research labs, seminar rooms, and faculty offices.