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Hoag Memorial Hospital Plans Women's Pavilion
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has awarded McCarthy Building Companies a contract to build the new Women's Pavilion. Scheduled to begin construction in fall 2002, the new tower will consolidate women's services in one facility and will free up space in the existing tower to expand emergency care, outpatient and other hospital programs. Designed by Taylor & Associates Architects of Newport Beach, the 309,000-sf, seven-level tower includes a basement and a mechanical penthouse.
AMN Healthcare Plans Corporate Headquarters
AMN Healthcare (AMN) has selected The Irving Hughes Group as construction manager for its new 172,000-sf corporate headquarters in Del Mar. The facility is being designed by San Diego-based Howard Sneed Architecture and Design, who also designed AMN's current nearby headquarters. The project will cost from $7-million to $7.5-million to build.
BCIT Plans Medford Campus Expansion Phase Two
The Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT) is planning phase two of its Medford Campus development. The $19-million, 91,000-sf project involves 65,900-sf of additions including a new gym, auditorium, auto shop and television studio. Slated for completion in July 2005, the project is being designed by Design Collaborative of Cape May Court House, N.J.
Wyeth-Ayerst Initiates Phase Two Expansion
Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals has initiated the second phase of construction on its five-building Collegeville expansion. The $220-million project was designed by The Kling Lindquist Partnership of Philadelphia and is being built by Barclay White Skanska USA of Blue Bell, Pa. The 720,000-sf development consists of four four-story administrative buildings and a 1,060-space, three-story parking garage with additional surface parking available for 1,000 cars.
Census Bureau Plans Green Headquarters
The U.S. Bureau of the Census is planning a new headquarters at Suitland Federal Center. Consolidating employees from six facilities, three of which are in the Center, the headquarters is being developed by the General Services Administration's National Capital Region (NCR) to meet the silver level of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEEDTM rating system, as well as the GSA's Design Excellence and Construction Excellence Programs.