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Delaware County Community College has begun construction on a new 82-acre campus at the site of the old Downingtown Agricultural and Industrial School. The campus is planned to accommodate more than 1,500 students. Two existing buildings at the site will be renovated during the first two phases of the four-phase project. Demolition of other existing buildings plus new construction of 45,000 sf are scheduled for completion by January 2002. A date has not been set for phases three and four.

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 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 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'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.