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UW Medical Center Breaks Ground on Surgery Pavilion
The University of Washington Medical Center has broken ground on a $100-million surgery center. Located in Seattle's University District, the three-story, 160,000-sf Surgery Pavilion is being handled by general contractor Hoffman Construction of Washington. Twenty-seven individual bids will be awarded to subcontractors for electrical, mechanical, and interior and exterior work.
ITT Educational Services Opens Computer College
ITT Educational Services is opening a 30,260-sf computer and technology college in February 2002 at 760 Moore Road, a converted warehouse developed by O'Neill Properties Group. O'Neill began development of the project two years ago as part of the company's strategic conversion of old warehouse/industrial properties to office facilities.
Johns Hopkins Develops Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins University has selected architectural and engineering firm RTKL to design Building 17—a $33-million, 230,000-sf building to house offices and special lab space at the Applied Physics Laboratory campus. The multipurpose structure will contain offices, computer lab and support spaces, as well as amenities for the overall campus: a conference center, cafeteria, fitness center, retail store, and medical unit. Pedestrian bridges will connect the facility to adjacent buildings. Completion is slated for 2004.
University of Illinois Completes Nat'l Supercomputing Center
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s new National Center for Supercomputing Applications Advanced Computation Building Addition was recently completed by Holabird & Root of Chicago. The 17,000-sf facility features a 90 x 90-ft column-free space that can accommodate continually changing arrangements of hardware. The construction of the exterior allows the room to expand incrementally without the addition of walls or columns inside the space, while operating at full capacity.
Kyonggi University Plans Teleconferencing Auditorium
Kyonggi University has selected Cannon Design of Boston to design its new 50,000-sf Teleconferencing Auditorium, a 1,300-seat facility that will serve as both the campus hub for the information technology infrastructure and as an auditorium for special events. The “green” building will be submerged into landscaped terraces to increase energy efficiency, and will be constructed of recycled materials and use energy captured by solar collectors mounted on adjacent buildings and within the garden landscape.