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Vista Community College Builds in Berkeley
Vista Community College will begin construction in spring of 2004 on a new $45.9 million building in Berkeley, Calif. The 165,000-sf facility will accommodate 5,400 students and is slated for completion in September of 2005.
Tampa Airport Terminal Project Recognized by Design-Build Institute
The Design-Build Institute of America’s Southeast Chapter recently honored Skanska USA Building’s Georgia Division for the company’s work on Airside Terminal Building “E” of the Tampa International Airport. The project was recognized as the best public sector project of 2003 and as the year’s best overall design-build project. Awards were presented at the organization’s annual banquet in Atlanta on December 4, 2003. The project was built as a joint venture between Skanska’s Georgia and Florida Division.
GSA Renovates Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
The General Services Administration will complete the ten-year, $150 million modernization of the 1 million-sf Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in June of 2004. The one-block project, located in Washington’s historic Federal Triangle, is nearly halfway through its third and final phase. The project contractor is Gilbane Building, with the joint venture of Heery and Tishman as independent construction manager. Designed by Burt Hill Kosar Rittelman, the renovation is faithful to the historic building’s original design while providing a world-class work environment.
Northwestern University Opens Life Sciences Pavillion
The Arthur and Gladys Pancoe-Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Life Sciences Pavilion (Pancoe-ENH), designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, officially opened November 14, 2003 at Northwestern University. Located on the Evanston campus, Pancoe-ENH will provide lab space for 24 to 32 principal investigators and their research groups working in the areas of molecular biology, genomics, cell biology, neurobiology, developmental biology and reproductive biology.
U.S. Treasury Dept. Occupies Emeryville Facility
The U.S. Treasury Department will occupy 82,000-sf in Emeryville, Calif., vacating a space in San Francisco that the agency has occupied for over forty years. The facility is located in the 127,000-sf Atrium development which accommodates office and R&D space.