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National Archives Building Renovation Under Way
A two-year, $75.7 million renovation of the National Archives Building is under way, with 90 percent estimated to reach completion by July 1, 2003. Grunley Construction of Rockville, Md., has been contracted to renovate 300,000 sf of public and office space, including the rotunda, staircase, roof, installation of an elevator, and construction of a $7 million privately funded 294-seat theater.
SDSU To Build Cogeneration Plant
San Diego State University is planning to break ground on a new 14-megawatt energy cogeneration plant in conjunction with a campuswide conservation effort. Design of the $20 million facility will is scheduled to begin in May 2001 with construction beginning in summer. Expected to be online by summer of 2002, the plant is a long-term solution to rising energy costs. Replacing the existing 3-megawatt cogeneration plant that supplies only a third of the university's energy, the new plant will generate enough electricity for the entire campus.
Alfred E. Smith Building Rehabilitation Planned
The historic Alfred E. Smith building in Albany, N.Y. is slated for rehabilitation by New York architecture and engineering firm WASA. Built between 1926 and 1930, the 32-story Smith building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Under the aegis of the State Office of General Services of New York, the comprehensive $68 million modernization project aims to create a technologically current, energy conscious and flexible office environment in the historic structure.
Sonoma State Completes Environmental Tech Center
Sonoma State University at Rohnert Park has completed construction of the Environmental Technology Center, a 2,230-sf student environmental science building. Built by the Sacramento, Calif. office of McCarthy, the facility will serve as a public demonstration project and features sustainable, state-of-the-art, energy efficient architecture and design. To reduce chemical agents and improve concrete density, an experimental concrete mix was used that contains high concentrations of industrial by-products fly ash and rice hull ash.
University of Vt College of Medicine Breaks Ground on Renaissance Project
University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care have broken ground on the Renaissance Project, a $173.4 million project uniting the two institutions in education, research, and patient care. The project includes construction of a new Education and Conference Center with a medical library, lecture hall, auditorium, classrooms, and study areas for small groups. The project will relocate outpatient specialty clinics from Fletcher Allen's University Health Campus to a new Ambulatory Care Center.