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Industry News
Westinghouse Electric Constructs Headquarters Campus
Westinghouse Electric Company has selected Turner Construction Company to serve as the general contractor for a new $216 million headquarters campus for nuclear power engineering. Sited on 83 acres near Pittsburgh in Cranberry Township, Pa., the three-building, 844,595-sf Class A office facility will seek LEED certification. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2010.
Kimberly-Clark Introduces Gas Phase Filter Media
Commercial and institutional buildings have a new way to remove odors and other irritant gaseous contaminants from their HVAC system air stream: the new Kimberly-Clark brand odor control filtration media. The product delivers excellent particulate filtration performance with added odor removal technology to deliver clean, fresh, odor-free air, thanks in part to its two-layer construction. The upstream layer provides excellent particulate filtration and protects the downstream carbon layer from particulate loading, to ensure maximum odor removal capability.
Indiana University's Simon Hall Awarded Lab Design Honors
Indiana University’s Simon Hall received “High Honors” in the 2008 R&D Magazine Lab of the Year competition. The new multidisciplinary science building is located on the Bloomington campus and was designed by Flad Architects. The six-story, 140,000-sf project is sited at the intersection of the departments of chemistry, biology, and biochemistry and houses flexible laboratories, technical support areas, and analytical instrument facilities.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base Plans Human Performance Wing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to construct the $250 million Human Performance Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The project is part of a $332 million construction program at the base and is slated for completion by year-end 2010 with occupancy expected in 2011.
University of Vermont Student Union Achieves LEED Gold
The University of Vermont has received a LEED Gold designation for its $70 million student union, the Dudley H. Davis Center in Burlington. The 220,000-sf facility broke ground in spring of 2005 and reached completion in August of 2007. The project is divided into two main building components: a four-level student union and a two-level, 600-seat performing arts theater. The student union features an atrium and includes a natural chimney that evacuates smoke, in the event of fire, without needing energy-intensive mechanical systems.