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Tivoli Systems Consolidates Austin Offices
Tivoli Systems Inc. will consolidate its headquarters and scattered Austin-area offices at a new one million-sf campus adjacent to the local office of its parent company, IBM Corp. The two-phase project broke ground in November 2000 with a 200,000-sf structure to accommodate 700 employees. Phase two construction will include three additional buildings of the same approximate size, one housing a cafeteria. HOK Architects designed the campus. Engineering was provided by Bury+Partners Inc. The landscaping was done by Verdoorn Landscape Architects Inc.
Pirelli Develops Manufacturing Facility in Rome, Ga.
Pirelli Tire North America is developing a tire manufacturing facility in Rome, Ga. Site work has begun on the $140 million, 400,000-sf building housing office, research and manufacturing facilities. The plant is scheduled to open in mid-2002 and will provide tires for both new vehicles and the replacement tire market. H&M Co. of Jackson, Tenn., holds the design-build contract.
Siemens Considers Fort Worth For Manufacturing Facility
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. is considering the Alliance industrial park in Fort Worth as the home for its stationary-fuel-cells division. The $125 million, 500-employee manufacturing plant would initially consist of office space (35,000 sf) and manufacturing space (180,000 sf), with a possible expansion of the office space to 70,000 sf and the manufacturing space to 430,0000 sf in the next four years. Other potential sites include Orlando, Fla. and Pittsburgh.
Wyeth-Ayerst Designs Vaccine Development Center
Wyeth-Ayerst has commissioned Ewing Cole Cherry Brott of Philadelphia in collaboration with Fluor Daniel to provide architecture and engineering services for a new vaccine development center. The building will consolidate the company’s vaccine development centers currently located throughout the United States, reducing product development and manufacturing cycle time. It will include development process labs, analytical labs, various levels of biocontainment space, a research library, conference center, offices, and an employee cafeteria.
ARAMARK Completes Acquisition of Facility Services Business from ServiceMaster
ARAMARK today announced that it has completed the acquisition of ServiceMaster Management Services, the facility services business of ServiceMaster.