Industry News

A subsidiary of Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, has opened a new 136,000-sf building at a 12-acre site in Valley Forge. The new three-story facility will consolidate 500 company employees currently housed in three separate locations in the area.

The Food and Drug Administration’s new 350,000-sf Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition opened in October. The $62.5-million life sciences and chemistry lab facility consolidates three offices from the D.C. area, and accommodates approximately 950 employees. Planning and construction of the building took four years. The general contractor for the project is Tomkins.

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms’ scheduled ribbon-cutting ceremony was postponed by the General Services Administration pursuant to the terrorist attacks. The $104-million building is being designed by architect Moshe Safdie to accommodate approximately 1,100 employees in 295,000 sf. Parking spots for 200 are also included in the project.

ADCS Inc., a hi-tech company specializing in data/document capture and conversion, has contracted Smith Consulting Architects for architecture and interior design of a 94,000-sf, two-story office building in the Parwkay Business Center in Poway. Construction of the $7.9 million project is scheduled to begin in November with completion expected in March 2002. The building will feature a photovoltaic solar collection as part of its state-of-the-art energy saving system.

HarleyEllis, in conjunction with HERA, Inc. of Saint Louis, Mo., is assessing the viability of a building expansion and renovation for Westchester County's Department of Laboratories and Research in Valhalla, New York. The $9.1 million project will enhance laboratory capabilities and technology.