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UCSF Builds Fresno Medical School
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is building a $26-million, 55,000-sf facility in Fresno to accommodate up to 45 students in its UCSF Fresno residency program. Located on the Community Regional Medical Center campus, the three-story building will function as a headquarters, housing the Associate Dean's office, a library, seven residency programs, and an auditorium with videoconferencing capabilities. Groundbreaking for the facility is scheduled for Oct. 22.
UC Riverside Plans Interdisciplinary Studies Building
The Universityof California Riverside has completed the pre-design phase of the new Interdisciplinary Studies Building. The $32-million, 69,397-asf facility will house 13 new general assignment classrooms, dry instructional and research labs, faculty and administrative offices, and support space.
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.