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Georgia Tech Opens Hotel and Conference Center
Georgia Institute of Technology celebrated the opening of the $47-million Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center on September 4, 2003. Part of the $196 million Technology Square development, the 252-room hotel and high-tech executive conference center broke ground in October 2001 and features wireless Internet, video conferencing, and its own satellite uplink. Hotel rooms include flat-screen televisions and T-1 line Internet connections. The building was designed by architects Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates Inc.
University of Washington Develops Medical Research Center
The University of Washington is renovating the 105,00-sf Blue Flame Building in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle as the future home of UW Medicine Lake Union. Vulcan Inc. is the design and construction planner for the project, which is slated to begin in January and reach completion in November 2004. The building will house cancer research, the Program for Translational Medicine in Women's Health, and the Center for Cardiovascular Biology.
Ellis Hospital Plans Schenectady ICU
Ellis Hospital plans to build a new $20-million, 36-bed intensive care unit at its Schenectady, N.Y., location. The two-floor unit will be located in the hospital’s A-wing to allow critically ill patients access to key services. Work is expected to begin in summer 2004 and reach completion in 18 months. The facility will replace the hospital’s 20-bed ICU that was built in 1973.
Kaiser Opens Elk Grove Medical Office
Kaiser Permanente is opening its new 102,000-sf Elk Grove, Calif. medical office building in early September 2003. The three-story, $34-million facility will accommodate 62 providers and 180 support staff engaged in obstetrics/gynecology, adult medicine, pediatrics, optometry, optical sales, radiology, psychiatry, laboratory, and pharmacy. The building will feature a health education center and Mohs skin cancer surgery services. The Elk Grove facility is part of Kaiser’s $1.6-billion 10-year development plan for the Greater Sacramento area.
St. Louis Community College Completes South County Education and University Center
St. Louis Community College recently completed the 59,000-sf South County Education and University Center. An extension of the Meramec campus, the facility will serve approximately 2,000 students. The technology-rich facility features three computer labs, 17 “smart” classrooms, two interactive TV rooms connecting to other colleges, and computer carts with radio cards for wireless Internet access. 19 telecommunications enclosures provide wireless Internet connection from nearly everywhere in the building. Ground was broken on the project in December 2001 by project contractor Fru-Con Corp.