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San Diego Mesa College Builds Humanities Project
San Diego Mesa College has awarded Kvaas Constructors, Inc., of San Diego a contract to build a Humanities, Languages & Multicultural Studies Project. The $7.05 million project is estimated to reach completion near the end of 2002.
UCSD Builds New Bioengineering Facility
UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering is building a 5-story, 105,000-sf bioengineering facility at the La Jolla campus. The $34 million Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall will house five labs for researchers and graduate students, one lab per floor, each focused on a specific research area. Ground was broken in August 2000 on the facility, which is expected to open in 2002.
UC Regents Approve New Cancer Center
The University of California-San Diego's Thornton Hospital in La Jolla will be in close proximity to the site of a new $87 million cancer center recently approved by U.C. Regents. The center will provide facilities for research labs, community education, and clinical space, as well as a 130-car underground parking garage. Construction is slated to begin in early 2001, with completion estimated for fall of 2003.
New University of RI Sports & Convocation Facilities
The University of Rhode Island has selected Global Spectrum to manage its new $54 million convocation center and $12 million ice rink. The facility management firm's multiyear contract includes overseeing the entire operation of the URI Convocation Center and ice rink, including staff management, booking, and basketball ticket sales. Designed by HOK Sports of Kansas City, Mo., the 8,000-seat convocation center and 2,500-seat ice rink are slated to begin construction in late 2000 and will open in fall of 2002.
New Reserves Training Center at Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston is planning a new U.S. Army Reserves Center for the 90th Regional Support Command. The project includes a new 58,900-sf training center and a 36,200-sf storage facility. Estimated to cost between $10 million and $25 million, the development will accommodate approximately 1,600 reserve soldiers currently assigned to reserve units in San Antonio. Two existing buildings will be demolished to make way for the new center which will house administrative space, classrooms, assembly and kitchen facilities, a library, and an arms-room vault.