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San Diego Network Operations Center to be Built at North Island Naval Air Station
The San Diego Network Operations Center, a facility that will house the Navy Marine Corps’ Intranet project, will be built in the Rear Adm. Grace Hopper Building at San Diego’s North Island Naval Air Station. Plano, Texas-based Electronic Data Services Corp. (EDS) is heading the multi-contractor project. EDS will locate its project headquarters, technology integration lab, and the Western help desk for the huge network in a 140,000-sf facility in San Diego.
Pacific Exchange Renovates Infrastructure
The Pacific Exchange (PCX), the country’s fourth most active stock exchange, has selected Integrity Offices Solutions (IOS) of New York to renovate the infrastructure of four buildings currently occupied by PCX in San Francisco. IOS will provide needs analysis, architectural design, MEP engineering, technology design, construction and overall project management services.
NOAA To Build Headquarters at Suitland Federal Center
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has received site approval for a new $34.1-million headquarters to be built at the 226-acre Suitland Federal Center. The 208,271-sf facility will be located almost entirely underground. The landscaped roof, almost at ground-level, will incorporate skylights to provide natural light to offices below. NOAA employees from around the country (but not Washington, D.C.) will be consolidated in the new building, which is scheduled to open in 2004. By 2011, NOAA anticipates employing 648 people.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Earns Green Building Designation
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation completed construction in December 2000 on its new 32,000-sf headquarters and earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest “platinum” rating. Some of the building’s environmentally-friendly energy efficient features include rooftop rainwater cisterns, photovoltaic solar panels, composting toilets, energy-efficient insulation, a shading system, and a ground source heat pump. Construction costs ran approximately $199 per sf, which would have been about $150 per sf without the green technologies. J.
Applied Materials Plans Austin Manufacturing Center
Applied Materials, based in Santa Clara, Calif., has plans for a 300,000-sf manufacturing center at its Austin campus. The new structure will produce 300mm wafer fabrication equipment. There are currently only one or two plants in the world that produce equipment to manufacture the larger diameter 300mm wafers. The company is requesting qualifications from design and construction firms.