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The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board has finalized to new accessibility guidelines. These new advisory guidelines will assist the Department of Transportation and the Department of Justice in establishing new accessibility standards for: 1) Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Facilities; 2) Detention and Correctional Facilities; 3) Accessible Residential Housing; and 4) Public Rights-of-Way. For additional information visit http://www.access-board.gov/rules/title2.htm or call (800) 872- 2253 ext. 27.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., based in White Plains, N.Y., is planning a $40-million office project on a 2.45-acre site at Contra Costa Centre in Walnut Creek. A seven-story, 195,000-sf office structure is envisioned for the property, including 15,000 sf of retail space and a parking structure for 567 cars. Developer of the site will be Thomas Properties of Walnut Creek, owner of the business park.

Emory University has completed construction of its new Cherry Logan Emerson Hall, an 80,000-sf facility designed by Cooper Carry Inc. to house chemistry labs. R.J. Griffin is the contractor for the five-story building, which will connect to a building recently renovated by R.J. Griffin, the Sanford S. Atwood Chemistry Center.

Cephalon  has a $5.5-million expansion and renovation project planned for its headquarters at the Brandywine Corporate Center to provide additional lab space for drug research and development. Cephalon owns three 50,000-sf buildings at the Center. One, which is currently unoccupied, will house 35,000 sf of new administrative offices, releasing more space for labs in the other two buildings. The biotechnology company anticipated completion of the renovation by late summer 2000.

Laboratories for the 21st CenturySeptember 6-8, 2000Renaissance Parc 55 HotelSan Francisco, California