Industry News

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a producer of business jet aircraft, has awarded UNICCO Service Company a $41-million, five-year contract to provide integrated facilities services for Gulfstream's manufacturing, completions, offices, and service facilities in Georgia. Contract services include plant operations, equipment maintenance and test equipment calibration, ground support, facilities engineering, space allocation, and subcontractor management.

Harvard Medical School has outsourced all engineering and trade functions for mechanical systems maintenance to UNICCO Service Company. Including preventative, predictive and emergency maintenance for Harvard's 19 buildings and 1.6-million sf, the contract includes utility management, facilities systems monitoring and maintenance, a 24/7 call center, work order management, automated inspections, and management reporting.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is constructing the Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies on its Cambridge campus. The facility is funded by a $50-million grant from the U.S. Army.

The Pepsi Bottling Group is planning to build a 58,000-sf distribution center in the Canton Commerce Center in Canton, Mass. Pepsi plans to relocate its operations to the new facility in fall 2003 from its Allston location, where it has leased space from Harvard University for 47 years.

Montgomery Hospital Medical Center is planning a 3,000-sf expansion of its emergency department and the renovation of 4,000 sf of existing space. The project, funded by a $1-million grant from the Abramson Family Foundation, will create a technologically advanced, state-of-the-art emergency department. The hospital plans to invest more than $2-million in the improvements. Construction will begin in early 2003 on a new waiting area, a new emergency room entrance, and additional treatment rooms.