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University of Texas Austin Renovates Experimental Science Building
The University of Texas, Austin will renovate the 256,000-sf Experimental Science Building to accommodate modern academic science with technology-enabled classrooms, offices, and undergraduate teaching and research labs. The $125-million project will help to recruit and retain faculty in the fields of neuroscience, computational biology, environmental sciences, pharmacy, and molecular and cellular biology.
Idaho State University Develops Center for Advanced Energy Studies
Idaho State University is partnering with the Idaho National Laboratory to construct the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) in Idaho Falls. The CAES facility will be an international user facility for promoting and performing research and revitalizing education and training in nuclear energy science, engineering, technology, and related disciplines. The facility is expected to encompass 50,000 gsf to 60,000 gsf with approximately half of the building dedicated to laboratory space. Occupancy is slated for 2008.
DHL Expands Hong Kong Facilities
DHL is constructing the $35-million Kowloon South Service Centre in Hong Kong. The facility will house relocated administrative offices and will increase ground-handling capacity by approximately 20 percent. DHL will also open the $210-million Central Asia SuperHub at Hong Kong International Airport by the second quarter of 2007 for a ground handling capacity of 45,000 shipments per day, as well as boosting air express cargo handling capabilities.
Texas Children's Hospital Plans $1.5 Billion Expansion and Renovation
Texas Children’s Hospital is planning a $1.5 billion renovation and expansion of its Houston facility. The project includes a $575-million maternity center; a $220 million children’s satellite hospital in West Houston; a $215 million comprehensive neurological research institute combining research and clinical treatment; and a $120 million expansion of the existing Feigin Center for Research. An additional $370 million will fund new equipment and information systems. Completion is slated for 2010.
University of Memphis Initiates Infrastructure Improvements
The University of Memphis in Tennessee will spend $36 million on four major infrastructure improvement projects. The first is the $15-million installation at the relocated Law School of two to three 1,000-ton chillers and three to four 100,000 pound-per-hour natural gas fired boilers to provide steam and chilled water. The project was designed by Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects of Memphis. Construction will begin in summer of 2007 with completion slated for spring of 2008.