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Yale Designs School of Management
Yale University has selected London-based architectural firm Foster + Partners to design the new School of Management (SOM) campus. Sited on 4.25 acres in New Haven, Conn., the 230,000-square-foot facility more than doubles the size of the existing 110,000-sf school of management and is expected to attain LEED certification. The building will house classrooms, faculty offices, administration, and student and community spaces. Construction is expected to reach completion in 2011.
California Polytechnic State University Plans Center for Science and Mathematics
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) is planning to construct the Center for Science and Mathematics in San Luis Obispo. Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects of Los Angeles with Research Facilities Design (RFD) as laboratory design consultant, the project will provide classroom and science laboratory space for the College of Science and Mathematics in an approximately 86,349 to 102,233 assignable-square-foot building. The estimated construction cost is between $69,365,000 and $83,198,000.
St. Joseph Hospital Completes Patient Care Center
St. Joseph Hospital has completed construction of its Patient Care Center in Orange, Calif. Adding 248,000 sf to the existing hospital campus, the $203 million project was built by general contractor McCarthy of Newport Beach. The facility is part of a master plan that includes the refurbishment of the original hospital as well as a new cancer center that McCarthy is currently building.
West Georgia Health System Breaks Ground on LaGrange Expansion
West Georgia Health System in LaGrange broke ground on the 130,000-sf South Tower expansion in October of 2007. The $65 million, four-story project is slated for completion in 2009. Designed to accommodate vertical expansion, the facility could provide up to 192 beds in the future. The tower will house private patient rooms, a 24-bed intensive care unit, emergency department, labor and delivery center, and cardiovascular center.
University of Minnesota Opens Renovated Education Sciences Building
The University of Minnesota opened the $21.7 million Education Sciences Building in Minneapolis on Oct. 5, 2007. The renovated 69,808-sf facility formerly housed the Mineral Resources Research Center. Construction began on the project in spring of 2005. Housing laboratory, office, and meeting space for the College of Education and Human Development, the renovation included the addition of infill floors and replacement of all mechanical, electrical, circulation and infrastructure equipment.