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George Washington University broke ground on its 167,000-sf Duques Hall business school complex in October 2002. Housing an executive conference center and a 115-seat auditorium, the facility features a capital markets room where students can receive real-time quotes and utilize propriety software and financial information systems. Designed by architect SmithGroup, the facility will consolidate business school classrooms currently dispersed throughout the campus.

The General Services Administration has awarded AI the interior design contract for the Department of Transportation's new 1.4-million-sf Southeast Federal Center headquarters. Based on designs by Gensler, the headquarters will be constructed on a 55-acre site along the Anacostia River.  

Duke University's Pratt School of Business is building the $97-million Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences. The two-building, 322,000-sf complex is located across the street from Hudson Hall, home of the Pratt School of Engineering. The project is slated for completion in fall 2004.

Carnot Emission Services, a provider of precision emissions testing for worldwide engine manufacturers, occupied 10,500 sf of lab space in San Antonio's KellyUSA Building 333 in October 2002. The company has access to an additional 5,000 sf for use as a machine shop. Carnot plans to expand to encompass the entire 29,500-sf facility in the future.

The Woodruff Arts Center is expanding its High Museum of Art. Phase I of the expansion includes four buildings designed by Renzo Piano slated for completion by 2005. Providing exhibition space, increased education and programming space, office facilities, and public amenities, the project will more than double the museum's size. The current High Museum of Art, designed by Richard Meier, consists of 135,000 sf. The 177,000-sf addition will enlarge the museum to 312,000 sf.