Industry News

The Indianapolis Airport Authority has selected Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) as Master Designer for a new $939-million terminal at Indianapolis International Airport. The new terminal will be built in the midfield of the airport between the two main runways. The project is scheduled for completion in July 2007. HOK will provide a comprehensive design solution for the entire development, with a primary focus on developing a unique and compelling gateway experience for the Indianapolis air traveler. The project represents the first U.S.

Montgomery College of Rockville has selected Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering PC, a firm with local offices in Boston, to provide comprehensive master planning for the college’s Rockville, Takoma Park, and Germantown campuses.

The 444,000-sf Boston Tech Center is being retrofitted as a lab building by Cabot, Cabot & Forbes of New England. Originally designed as a telecommunications hotel, the facility will finish construction as a shell biomedical building and is projected to become a hub for lab companies. The three-story building will house two levels of ground-floor parking to accommodate 650 vehicles. A 40,000-sf glass atrium will be located on the second and third floors.

The National Weather Service's parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (NOAA) is seeking a 200,000-sf build-to-suit office site and a developer to replace the weather service's offices at the older 126.500-sf World Weather Building in Camp Springs, Prince George's County. According to the General Services Administration, likely locations include College Park or Greenbelt, Md.

The University of Iowa, Iowa City has selected Boston-based Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering PC in conjunction with OPN Architects of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to engineer restoration of the university's historic Old Capitol Building’s golden dome. The dome sustained extensive fire damage in November of 2001.