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University of Kansas Builds Dole Institue
The University of Kansas is constructing the Dole Institute & Archive facility. Designed by ASAI Architecture of Lenexa, Kansas, the building will house offices, meeting spaces, and exhibits for the Dole Institute for Public Service & Policy, an institution focusing on current policies and public service. The two-story facility will also house Senator Bob Dole's archives, over 3,500 boxes of material, for study and use by University students and the public.
UC Riverside To Build Physical Sciences Facility
Construction is scheduled to start on the University of California Riverside’s Physical Sciences 1 in late 2002. The planned 129,000-gsf (73,000-asf) multidisciplinary chemical sciences facility has a budget of $49,010,000.
University of Michigan Constructs Palmer Drive Commons Building
The University of Michigan began building the $33-million, 99,000-gsf Commons Building in November 2001and expects construction to reach completion in November 2003. Part of the Palmer Drive development, the facility will house a 140-seat lecture hall, conference and meeting rooms, a large, divisible banquet hall, a public deli/café, a retail convenience store, and offices for the Department of Public Safety, the Bioinformatics Department, and the adjacent University Central Power Plant. The building will consist of six floors and a mechanical penthouse.
Lewis & Clark College Renovates Historic Albany Hall
Lewis & Clark College is renovating the historic Albany Hall to house administrative space, offices, meeting and conference rooms, a café, and other academic, support, and social functions for faculty and students. Comprised of 14,700 sf distributed on three floors, the building includes a daylight basement. Built in 1929, the facility will become Albany Center and will provide temporary space for the college’s Bicentennial activities from 2003 to 2006, as well as office and classroom swing space to support the Howard Center construction project.
Lewis & Clark College Expands Student Housing
Lewis & Clark College is engaged in a comprehensive residence hall improvement program scheduled for phased construction and occupancy from 2001 to 2020. The project will complete the south campus and will expand on-campus student housing from approximately 1000 to 1400 residences. Many modifications to existing residence halls will also be made. The first phase of the project consists of three two- and three-story houses of 56 beds each for junior and senior class students in combinations of two and four-bedroom suites. Each house will have common social spaces.