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Emory University Builds LEED Research Facilities
Emory University has three projects under construction targeted to meet LEEDTM standards: an interdisciplinary science building, Science 2000 Phase Two; the Winship Cancer Institute; and the Whitehead Biomedical Research Building. In the Winship building and the 325,000-sf Whitehead building, enthalpy heat wheel devices are expected to pay for themselves through reduced energy costs in five to seven years. Approximately $326,000 of the Winship building’s $60-million price tag is LEEDs related, a percentage expected to prevail in the other buildings.
John M. Olin School of Business to Expand
Washington University's John M. Olin School of Business has selected Cambridge-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates (TK&A) to program and develop a conceptual design for expansion. Simon Hall is slated to be reprogrammed to increase building efficiency and to provide needed administrative and study facilities. The 157,000-sf Earth and Planetary Sciences building at Washington University will also be designed by TK&A.
Wartburg College Expands & Renovates Science Facility
Wartburg College is expanding and renovating Becker Hall of Science. Currently housing the departments of biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics, the existing 50,000-sf Becker Hall will be renovated to provide office, storage, and classroom facilities. The building currently houses instructional laboratories, a greenhouse, an animal room, a 100-seat auditorium, computer rooms and classrooms. The 55,000-sf addition will contain an auditorium, laboratories, and state-of-the-art technology for flexible classrooms/seminar rooms.
Detroit Edison Breaks Ground on Nuclear Training Center
Detroit-based HarleyEllis broke ground on Detroit Edison's Fermi 2 Nuclear Training Center in April 2001. Located at the Fermi 2 Power Plant in Newport, the $10 million building will provide hands-on large equipment training as well as consolidating existing training facilities. The development encompasses 60,000-sf of conference and training space. The first floor is dedicated to classroom space and nuclear power vocational training with electrical, mechanical, and large-scale simulation labs and classrooms.
New UC Campus in Merced
The 10th University of California campus will be located in Merced in the Central Valley of California. Design and construction of the 2,000-acre site will be managed in a joint venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff and The JCM Group. The campus will be capable of accommodating 25,000 graduate and undergraduate students at full build-out.