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University at Buffalo School of Management Dedicates Alfiero Center
The University at Buffalo School of Management, part of the SUNY system, dedicated the 23,000-sf Alfiero Center on April 26, 2005. Sited on the University's North campus, the $7-million, three-story structure houses three classrooms, an Internet cafe, an entrepreneurship suite, space for student clubs and meetings, and academic and career development offices. The building features wireless computer technology integrated throughout the facility.
University of New Mexico Opens Mass Spectrometry Facility
The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque opened its new $1.2-million mass spectrometry facility in April 2005. Located in the School of Chemistry, the facility will accommodate chemical and medical research. Funding for the project came from twelve entities in the University of New Mexico and the National Institutes of Health.
Igloo Products Expands Katy Facility
Igloo Products Corp. has consolidated its corporate headquarters and Houston-based distribution operations in a new facility in Katy, Texas. Comprised of an 87,000-sf office site and an 805,000-sf manufacturing and distribution facility, the building includes a high-bay warehouse with special fire protection attributes and a large manufacturing space with the complex mechanical infrastructure to support plastic extrusion molding stations.
Tyson Foods Constructs New Office Tower and Discovery Center
Tyson Foods is engaged in an approximately 285,000-sf expansion of its Springdale, Ark., world headquarters. The $85-to $95-million project is comprised of a new 174,000-sf, four-story office tower connecting to the existing facility; and a Discovery center--a research, development and training complex. The Discovery Center complex will also include a separate 63,000-sf building housing 18 test kitchens, a retail presentation kitchen, a foodservice presentation kitchen, and a "kitchen of the future". The building will also have office space for 125 people.
NIH Creates Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick
The National Institutes of Health has selected Gilbane as construction manager for a proposed Integrated Research Facility (IRF) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Located on approximately six acres, the facility is intended to support research at BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4. The proposed IRF may provide as much as 150,000 gsf of floor space, housing laboratory space for animal research, radiology equipment, mechanical space, and a waste-handling area.