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UC Davis Plans New Center for the Arts
University of California-Davis has awarded McCarthy a $46 million contract to build a new Center for the Arts that will provide a premier concert hall on the campus. When completed, the 106,000-sf facility will be a multi-level performance hall seating 1,800 with a studio theater seating 250. McCarthy will act as contractor for the project.The architect is Boora Architects of Portland, Ore.
Hamilton College Plans New Science Building
Hamilton College has selected the Boston-based Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering PC to design a new 180,000-sf unified science building for the campus.
Northeastern University Builds Health Sciences Center
Northeastern University broke ground in October on the new 84,000-sf George D. Behrakis Health Sciences Center, a $37 million health sciences complex designed to promote collaboration among the health professions, nursing, and pharmacy programs. The structure will accommodate classrooms, labs, and clinics for the Bouyé College of Health and Sciences. Completion is planned for summer of 2002.
Boston College Renovates Higgins Hall
Boston College's Higgins Hall is undergoing renovation and expansion that began in 1998. The original 77,000-sf facility will be expanded by 42,000 sf during the three-year, $80 million modernization which is designed to enhance collaborative and project-based learning. Higgins Hall houses the college's biology and physics departments.
Vista Community College Builds New Campus in Berkeley
Vista Community College will consolidate several locations at a new $35 million campus to be built on a half-block site near Berkeley's downtown Bay Area Rapid Transit station. Ratcliff Associates, based in Emeryville, Calif., has begun the design for the 160,000-sf building which will accommodate the college's 5,000 students.