Industry News

Maricopa County is constructing a 675,000-sf tower addition to its criminal justice complex in Phoenix, Arizona. Designed by Gould Evans with building systems engineered by Syska Hennessy Group, the 17-story building is slated for completion in 2011. Providing 32 additional courtrooms, secure judicial chambers, office areas and support spaces, the flexible building will feature floor-by-floor air handing units for improved system performance and indoor air quality.

Indiana University has selected Flad Architects and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects to design the $44 million North Studio Building for the Jacobs of Music in Bloomington. The facility will house faculty teaching studios, classrooms, practice rooms, offices, and rehearsal rooms. Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects will act as architect-of-record for the project and will share design leadership with Flad Architects.

The University of South Dakota dedicated the Andrew E. Lee Memorial Medicine and Science Building in Vermillion in September of 2008. Part of the Sanford School of Medicine and the School of Health Sciences, the facility houses technology-rich faculty research laboratories, classrooms, and offices.

Franklin Woods Community Hospital has selected Skanska USA Building as pre-construction and construction manager for its new healthcare facility in Johnson City, Tennessee. Karlsberger Architecture is providing the design for the 249,771-sf hospital, which will be part of the Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA) system. LEED Silver certification for sustainable design will be sought for the project.

Doctors’ Hospital opened its new 100,000-sf hospital in Bridgeport, Texas, in August of 2008. The 36-bed facility includes three surgery suites, emergency, ICU, MRI, obstetrics, and radiology. QHR provided healthcare and management consultation services. The project includes a 38,000-sf medical office building.