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FDIC Expands Arlington Campus
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has chosen Ai, a District of Columbia architectural firm, to design a 422,000-sf office expansion at its 370,000-sf Virginia Square campus. The $111-million project will more than double the FDIC's Arlington facilities and will replace four leased D.C. offices.
University of Texas Plans Austin Pharmacy Building Renovation
The University of Texas in Austin recently awarded Watkins Hamilton Ross Architects (WHR) the contract to provide professional services for Phase One of the Pharmacy Building renovation. The 60,000-gsf Pharmacy Building was originally constructed in 1952 and is considered a historically relevant building by the University. The renovation program, including a project budget, should be finalized by the end of October. Upon funding approval, WHR will begin the design process.
Genencor to Build Clinical Manufacturing Facility in Rochester
Genencor of Palo Alto, Calif., will build a 22,000-sf clinical manufacturing facility in Rochester, N.Y., home of the company's global bioproducts business and manufacturing headquarters and a pilot-scale manufacturing plant. The new facility will manufacture human therapeutics. Included in the expansion is a $10-million facility slated to open in 2004 that will produce material for clinical trials. Two additional 20,000-sf buildings are planned for the site in the future.
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Plans Pathogen Facility
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory is proposing to build a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) pathogen research facility for the study of hazardous airborne diseases. Construction costs for the three-lab, 1,100-sf building could reach $1.5-million. Completion could be expected as early as 2003. Lawrence Livermore and New Mexico's Los Alamos Laboratory are the first Department of Energy labs to seek permission to study these pathogens.
Cytec Industries Renovates Stamford Lab
Cytec Industries has selected Flad & Associates to design a renovation to their facility in Stamford, Ct. Flad is providing full architectural design services including programming, planning and structural engineering design for the renovation of 240,000 sf of lab and support space. Other team members include Affiliated Engineers of Gainesville, Florida, and Turner Construction of Milford, Ct., providing estimating and construction services.