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University of Texas Plan Center to Study Aging
The University of Texas System is in the planning process to build The Sam and Ann Barshop Center for Longevity and Aging Studies at UT’s Health Science Center in San Antonio. The research facility will study the relationship between genes and aging. Fast-track construction of the $20-million, two-story, 48,000-sf structure is scheduled to begin in July 2002, with December 2003 the targeted completion date. The architect for the project is Overland Partners of San Antonio.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc. Relocates to Charlotte
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association plans to relocate its administrative offices, production units for TV, radio and film, and mailing and distribution operations from Minneapolis to a new $33 million headquarters in Charlotte. At build-out, the facility is expected to provide 25,000 sf of office space. Phase one construction—approximately 100,000 sf—will be completed in three years. A Billy Graham museum is also planned for the site.
Oepic Builds New Cleanroom
Oepic Inc. has begun constructing the initial 4,000 sf of what will be a new 12,000-sf cleanroom for manufacturing semiconductors that will speed fiber-optic communications. Technical Builders Inc. of San Jose, Calif., is handling the $5-million project. At completion, the cleanroom will house an additional $20 million in equipment.
Austin Community College Builds Mock Fab
Austin Community College has a simulated semiconductor fabrication facility under construction. The goal of the mock fab is to train semiconductor technicians as well as draw semiconductor companies in need of trained workers to the Austin area. The $250,000 facility, which can accommodate 12 students, will have a gowning room, an air shower, a cleanroom, and a gray room for equipment. Construction of the 1,350-sf simulated fab started in June 2001.
Biogen Expands in RTP
Biogen, running out of room at its headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., has decided to add lab and administrative office space to its expansion at its RTP site. A 250,000-sf manufacturing facility is currently in the works, with production scheduled to begin in early 2002, and a 150,000-sf lab/administrative offices building is scheduled for completion in six months. The company is in the early design phase of an additional 42,000-sf expansion of its manufacturing facility.