Industry News

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently worked with Flad & Associates to complete renovation plans for the 60,000-sf Old Dental Building at the School of Dentistry. The 40-year-old facility will house classrooms, research, and new office suites upon completion. Bids are now being solicited for the project.

International Engineering & Manufacturing  (IEM), maker of a liquid sensoring device, is gearing for expansion with a move into a 26,000-sf facility on 2.5 acres in Glenolden. The consolidation will involve relocating the company's headquarters into the new facility, which will house 3,000 sf of office space; the rest is dedicated to manufacturing.

Due to an allocation of funds from the Texas legislature for university facility renovation and construction, the University of Texas will build a $27.7-million science facility at UT-Arlington, a $32.6-million medical and health sciences center at UT-El Paso, and a $26-million education complex/multipurpose center/library at UT-Pan American. The University of Texas received approximately $380 million in state funding.

Due to an allocation of funds from the Texas legislature for university facility renovation and construction, Texas A&M University will build a $10-million engineering facility on its Galveston campus, develop the Harte Research Center in Corpus Christi, and engage in a $18.7-million renovation of its Tarleton campus mathematics building and library. Texas A&M University received over $173 million in state funds.

Auburn University Walker School of Pharmacy’s master plan is being developed by Flad & Associates.  Flad is also designing a 20,000-sf teaching facility addition for the new Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. The addition will facilitate team-based learning.