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Industry News
Pentagon to Continue Renovations
The Pentagon anticipates proceeding with its renovation. The announcement of a $620 million contract award to the developer/architectural team of Colorado-based Hensel Phelps is expected. The 12 to 14 year project would include the reconstruction of 4 million sf in four wedges of the five-story building, each wedge housing approximately 5,000 employees. In addition to Hensel Phelps Construction, the project team includes Shalom Baranes Associates, HDR Architecture, MC Dean, Studio Architecture, and Southland Industries.
OAS Plans Building Renovation and Consolidation
The Organization of American States plans to renovate its General Secretariat building in Washington, where operations will be consolidated onto six floors and a lower level; three remaining floors will be leased. OAS selected the architectural firm Group Goetz and the engineering firm Joseph Loring Inc. to work on the project.
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Kaiser Family Foundation Plans New DC Office
Kaiser Family Foundation, based in Menlo Park, Calif., has plans to build a new nine-story, 96,000-sf public affairs office in Northwest Washington. The facility will house staff, a broadcast studio, conference space, and high-tech exhibition space. Local members of the development team include D.C.-based Concord Partners (owner's representative); Reston, Va.-based Wiles Mensch (civil engineering); and Bethesda, Md.-based Clark Construction (general contractor).
Institute for Int'l Economics Plans New HQ
The Institute for International Economics will soon move to a new 25,000-sf headquarters in Washington. The building was designed by New York-based Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and built over 14 months by Sigal Construction. The developer of the project is Kaempfer. The Institute is a private, non-profit research organization.
VeriSign Consolidates in Northern Virginia
VeriSign, an Internet services company, plans to consolidate eight Northern Virginia offices at Waterview I, a 405,000-sf office building under construction in Herndon designed to accommodate 1,600 employees. Tishman Speyer Properties is developing the project, which is scheduled for completion in October 2001. VeriSign has an option on two as-yet-unbuilt structures -- Waterview II and Waterview III -- which will total 450,000 sf.