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Tulsa Heart Hospital of Saint Francis Breaks Ground on New Building
Tulsa Heart Hospital of Saint Francis recently broke ground on its 141,000-sf facility in Tulsa, Okla. The project, a joint partnership of local physicians and Saint Francis Health System, is being managed by the Dallas-based Texas Division of contractor McCarthy. The three-story, 104-bed facility, providing both inpatient and outpatient care, will be equipped for diagnostic testing, cardiac angiography, coronary stents, peripheral angiography, open heart surgery, electrophysiology therapies and arrhythmia management.
KLA-Tencor Opens Livermore Facility
KLA-Tencor Corp. of San Jose celebrated the opening of its new 120,000-sf Livermore facility in November 2002. Consolidating twelve training sites, the training and customer support center has now been occupied by 200 employees. The facility houses 31 state-of-the-art classrooms. KLA-Tencor has completed construction of an additional manufacturing building on the site which will remain closed until market demand increases.
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Builds New Facility
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital has selected Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) as lead architect for its new Lake Drive Campus hospital in Milwaukee. The project is a consolidation of the existing St. Mary's and Columbia campuses into a single new replacement facility to be constructed on a prominent site overlooking Lake Michigan.
Post & Schnell Shift to Universal Office Layout
Philadelphia-based Post & Schnell are relocating to 80,000 sf at Four Penn Center in Philadelphia. A universal, "one-size-fits-all" 110-sf office plan will be implemented on the three floors the law firm will occupy. Overseen by architectural firm Hillier, the new facility's offices will be standard in size and furniture yet customized to individual specifications. Three additional types of rooms will be available for attorney use: a "work" room, for use over several days or weeks; a "war" room that can be used for months to yea
Recovery Point Systems Plans Gaithersburg Hot Site
Recovery Point Systems, a Gaithersburg-based disaster recovery and data storage company, is planning to build the nations largest "hot site." The 120,000-sf, $41.2-million facility will accommodate up to 1,000 workers as a backup office facility in the case of an emergency. Recovery Point Systems currently operates a 40,000-sf disaster recovery office in Gaithersburg that can house up to 200 workers.