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Industry News
Seton Healthcare Constructs Dell Children's Center
Seton Healthcare Network has selected the Austin office of Clarksdale, Miss.-based White Construction to manage the construction of the new Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas. Sited on the former Robert Mueller Airport in Central Austin, the 470,000-sf state-of-the-art pediatric center will triple the footprint of the existing Children's Hospital of Austin which it will replace. Slated for completion in 2007, the 169-bed hospital is estimated to cost approximately $200 million. Construction will begin in fall 2004.
Naval Hospital Expands in Jacksonville
Naval Hospital Jacksonville has received $28.4 million from a military construction appropriations bill passed by the U.S. Senate to fund 43,000 sf of renovations and construction of a 75,000-sf, four-story addition to the existing medical building. The project will focus on improvements to the surgical and labor and delivery departments.
Texas Southern University Breaks Ground on Science Facility
Texas Southern University will break ground on a four-story, $25-million science facility in Houston on October 7, 2004. The steel-framed, 165,000-sf building will house chemistry, math, and biology research and teaching laboratories for faculty and graduate students. The project team includes architect 3D International, general contractor Lyda Swinterton Buildings, and program manager KAI Texas. Completion is expected in January 2006.
NIH Opens Hatfield Clinical Research Center
The National Institutes of Health opened the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center in Bethesda, Md., on September 22, 2004. Totally dedicated to clinical research, the 870,000-sf Hatfield Center connects to the existing Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center.
University of North Florida Opens Science & Engineering Building
The University of North Florida recently opened the 130,000-sf Science and Engineering Building on its main campus in Jacksonville, Fla. Programmed, planned and designed by Reynolds, Smith & Hills, this state-of-the-art facility provides laboratories, classrooms, offices, and demonstration lecture halls serving the College of Computing Sciences & Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences. Specific design elements include: