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The University of Kansas is building a privately funded five- to six-story addition to Learned Hall, enabling consolidation of the School of Engineering's departments and programs in one facility. The addition will feature a new main entrance leading to a media-rich 250-seat lecture classroom/auditorium and administrative offices. Designed by Gould Evans Associates of Lawrence, Kan., the facility will include a 2,000-sf Environmental Engineering and Science Laboratory, 15 new labs, 25 GTA offices and 38 faculty offices.

The University of Kansas is planning to build a second building on the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. Designed by architect Gould Evans Goodman Associates of Overland Park, the facility will house offices, traditional classrooms, tiered high technology classrooms, computer labs, an executive-style boardroom, administrative and faculty offices, a lobby, and a cylindrical 240-seat auditorium. Slated for completion in April of 2004, the project's budget is $17,800,000 with a $14,850,000 construction contract.

The Universityof California Riverside is building Science Laboratories 1. The $17.2-million, 44,138-gsf (25,600-asf) facility will house 5 organic chemistry teaching laboratories, 10 multidisciplinary research laboratories with medium to high intensity fume hood requirements, lab support, and academic offices.

The University of California Riverside is constructing Engineering Building Unit 2, a 125,000-gsf (89,686-asf) facility. The $44-million facility is slated for occupancy in 2005.

The University of California Riverside’s Undergraduate Student Housing Phase 2 is slated for completion in fall of 2002. The $42.8-million, 173,162-gsf (138,530-asf) project consists of eight residence halls with a total of 666 beds. The development also includes facilities for undergraduate student administrative operations.