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Detroit Edison Breaks Ground on Nuclear Training Center
Detroit-based HarleyEllis broke ground on Detroit Edison's Fermi 2 Nuclear Training Center in April 2001. Located at the Fermi 2 Power Plant in Newport, the $10 million building will provide hands-on large equipment training as well as consolidating existing training facilities. The development encompasses 60,000-sf of conference and training space. The first floor is dedicated to classroom space and nuclear power vocational training with electrical, mechanical, and large-scale simulation labs and classrooms.
New UC Campus in Merced
The 10th University of California campus will be located in Merced in the Central Valley of California. Design and construction of the 2,000-acre site will be managed in a joint venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff and The JCM Group. The campus will be capable of accommodating 25,000 graduate and undergraduate students at full build-out.
UW Breaks Ground on Law School
The University of Washington broke ground on a new $80 million Law School building in May 2001. Construction of the 196,000-sf, four-story building will begin in September and is slated for completion in summer of 2003. Named the William H. Gates Hall, the facility will include a 10,000-sf reading room with stacks occupying approximately 40,000 sf. The building will also feature a 170-person classroom equipped as a trial court, law clinics, seminar rooms, additional instructional areas, as well as offices for staff, faculty, and graduate students.
Advanced Micro Devices Plans State-of-the-Art Plant
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is planning a 300mm state-of-the-art plant. The site of the Texas chip manufacturer's new plant, called fab 35, should be determined by the end of 2001, to be built in 2004 or 2005. One of the sites under consideration is Dresden, Germany, where AMD currently has a new 200mm facility, called fab 30, that will hit full production with 1,800 employees at the end of this year. Also under construction is an AMD/Fujitsu joint venture mega fab in Japan that could potentially produce 300mm wafers.
MIT To Build New Neuroscience Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is planning to build the new Neuroscience Center, a research complex housing multiple academic departments. The facility will be focussed on understanding the human brain from cellular, molecular, genetic, and behavioral perspectives. MIT has selected architects Goody, Clancy & Associates for the project, with Charles Correa Associates as consulting architect.