Industry News

The Jewish Community Center of New York City has retained ARAMARK Facility Services to provide an operational review of the mechanical and structural design for the Samuel Priest Rose Building being developed by the Center. The new $60 million, 130,000-gsf 16-level building houses a pool, gymnasium, locker rooms, fitness center, and aerobics studio. The facility also includes an art studio, auditorium, lounge, and office space.

ARAMARK will review capital and long-term operating costs, and address maintenance and serviceability improvements in the new building.

The New England Aquarium has selected TAMS Consultants, Inc. in a joint venture with EHDD Architecture, to design its new 90,000-sf East Wing expansion. Major new permanent exhibits, food courts and gift shops will be accommodated in the new wing, which will more than double the size of the facility. Completion is scheduled for 2004.

Balboa Naval Hospital has hired Ninteman Construction Co. of San Diego to build a $2 million, 1.1 million-gallon emergency water storage tank for the hospital. The pre-stresssed concrete tank will be built 30 feet below a nearby softball field.

Several other San Diego-area firms working on the design-build project are DYK (tank construction); Naton Engineering (earth moving); Redondo Electric (utility line installation).

University of California San Diego Medical Center is remodeling its four-story, 28,000-sf Bachman Building. Two San Diego companies are involved in the renovation: Roesling Nakamura Architects Inc. and Kvaas Construction Co.

George Mason University's Fairfax campus may be the recipient of $31 million from the state's proposed 2000-2002 budget. Funds would be used to complete capital improvements already begun at the campus.

A $22 million, 100,000-sf project at the Manassas campus awaits funding as well. This project would construct conference rooms and classrooms for existing biotech and research facilities.