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Unifi-Sans To Open Stoneville Manufacturing Facility
Unifi-Sans Technical Fibers intends to open a $25 million, 236,000-sf facility in Stoneville to manufacture high-tenacity nylon yarns. Unifi-Sans Technical Fibers is a joint venture of South Africa-based Sans Fibers and Unifi Inc. of Greensboro, N.C.
SJSU Collaborates With City To Build MLK Jr. Library
San Jose State University is collaborating with the city of San Jose to build the Martin Luther King Jr. Library. Located in downtown San Jose, the 475,000-sf, $177.5 million building will provide needed additional space for both the college and the city that neither could have funded independently. The city is providing $70 million of the cost of the eight-story building, with SJSU supplying $5 million. $86 million will come from a California State University system capital project fund.
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.