Industry News

The University of California, Davis has recently completed construction of the new $57-million Robert and Margit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Built by contractor McCarthy, the facility is one of the largest university performing arts presentation venues in the country. Begun in May 2000, the 104,000-sf facility includes: the multilevel 1,800-seat Barbara K. and W.

Purdue   Universityis developing the Bowen Civil High Performance Structures Lab, a large-scale laboratory for the Civil Engineering department.

Georgia Institute of Technology is building Technology Square, a 1,109,000-gsf mixed-use development at Midtown.

Eastern Illinois University has completed the restoration, renovation and addition to the 157,000-sf Booth Library. The $16,269,026 project was built by contractor Williams Brothers Construction  and include a 134,200-sf renovation and a 12,800-sf addition. Chicago architectural firm Holabird & Root designed the facility, which received the 2002 AIA Chicago Interior Architecture Award. Originally built in 1948, an addition in 1968 provided some space for growth.

Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta is building the 288,000-gsf Ford Motor Company Environmental Science & Technology Building. Designed by architects Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, and built by Archer Western Contractors, the building will house the College of Engineering, the College of Sciences, and the Advanced Technology Development Center. Construction of the $58-million laboratory and research facility began in August of 2002 and is slated for completion this October.