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National Archives Building Renovation Under Way
A two-year, $75.7 million renovation of the National Archives Building is under way, with 90 percent estimated to reach completion by July 1, 2003. Grunley Construction of Rockville, Md., has been contracted to renovate 300,000 sf of public and office space, including the rotunda, staircase, roof, installation of an elevator, and construction of a $7 million privately funded 294-seat theater.
SDSU To Build Cogeneration Plant
San Diego State University is planning to break ground on a new 14-megawatt energy cogeneration plant in conjunction with a campuswide conservation effort. Design of the $20 million facility will is scheduled to begin in May 2001 with construction beginning in summer. Expected to be online by summer of 2002, the plant is a long-term solution to rising energy costs. Replacing the existing 3-megawatt cogeneration plant that supplies only a third of the university's energy, the new plant will generate enough electricity for the entire campus.
University of Vt College of Medicine Breaks Ground on Renaissance Project
University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care have broken ground on the Renaissance Project, a $173.4 million project uniting the two institutions in education, research, and patient care. The project includes construction of a new Education and Conference Center with a medical library, lecture hall, auditorium, classrooms, and study areas for small groups. The project will relocate outpatient specialty clinics from Fletcher Allen's University Health Campus to a new Ambulatory Care Center.
University of Pennsylvania Completes Campus Master Plan
The University of Pennsylvania Riverview Campus master plan was recently completed by Cambridge-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates. The 20-acre Philadelphia Civic Center site will be transformed into a mixed-use healthcare and research center serving the needs of the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania.
Cal Poly Pomona Completes Engineering Lab Replacement Project
California Polytechnic University, Pomona is completing construction of the Engineering Laboratory Replacement Project phase two--a $20 million, two-story, 117,900-sf facility accommodating engineering labs, classrooms, and offices. Nielsen Dillingham Builders of San Diego is in charge of construction. Architect for the project is Leo A. Daly of Omaha, Neb. The civil engineer is Boyle Engineering of Newport Beach, Calif.