Industry News

Carolinas HealthCare System is planning a $29.4-million expansion of Carolinas Medical Center-University in Charlotte, N.C. that will involve the expansion and renovation of the hospital’s emergency department, a new outpatient entrance, and additional parking and energy capacity. The project will also include a 36,000-sf Women’s Center with 33 private delivery rooms, four observation rooms, and eight neonatal-care beds which will double the size of the neonatal intensive care nursery.

High-tech instrumentation manufacturer Ruprecht & Patashnick is consolidating three Albany-area locations with a move to 50,000 sf in East Greenbush, N.Y. The facility will accommodate growth for the company’s commercial manufacturing and R&D operations.

Kings County Medical Center has selected Architecture+ of Troy, N.Y., to design a $105-million behavioral health clinic in Brooklyn. RBS&D Architects of New York are also on the project team.

Lawson State Community College broke ground in March 2004 on a $7.8-million technology center at its Birmingham, Ala., campus. Project contractor McCrory Building Co. is building the three-story, 63,000-sf facility which will house the Emerging Technologies Program of the Alabama Center for Advanced Technology and Training. Industry partners including Novell, BellSouth, and Microsoft will provide students with advanced technological training through the program. The facility, slated for completion by July 2005, was designed by McCauley Associates and Exford, LLC.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will begin construction of a $110-million medical research facility called MRB IV on its Nashville, Tenn., campus in May 2004. Adding 200,000 sf of research space, the project will add three research floors on top of Light Hall and five research floors and two vivarium floors above Langford Auditorium. Connecting the two buildings, MRB IV features a total of 86 lab modules, a glass atrium spanning several floors, and conference space. Completion is slated for summer of 2006.