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North Carolina A&T State University's Classroom Building Nears Completion
North Carolina A&T State University's $25 million classroom building in Greensboro is slated for completion in March of 2011. The 81,000-sf facility will house the international, honors, and university studies programs. Featuring advanced audio-visual technologies for distance learning, the sustainably designed building will provide 15 flexible classrooms seating between 40 and 128 students and a 240-seat lecture hall.
University of North Carolina Greensboro Builds School of Education
The University of North Carolina Greensboro is building the $47.5 million School of Education. Construction is expected to reach completion in March of 2011. Consolidating the School of Education's dispersed facilities, the 110,500-sf facility will house 19 classrooms, two lecture halls, collaboration spaces, computer and sign language labs, and a student advisory center. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project, which features a bioretention system for stormwater runoff and automatic daylight control.
Center for Advanced Engineering and Research Nears Completion
The Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER) is slated for completion in April of 2011. Located in the New London Business and Technology Center, the 30,000-sf facility will provide R&D labs for students and faculty from local universities including Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia. The building will include two towers, one dedicated to wireless technology research and development, and the other housing a model nuclear reactor. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
DOE Expands Environmental Molecular Science Lab at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Department of Energy has selected Fowler General Construction to build an addition to the Environmental Molecular Science Lab at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash. The $4.96 million Q-wing will house microscopy to support research in microbiology, geochemistry, fuel cells, and catalysts. Designed to minimize vibration, noise, and electromagnetic radiation, the facility will feature isolated foundations for each of the eight rooms in the 10,500-sf wing.
University of California Los Angeles Plans WIN-GEM Building and Engineering VI
The design of UCLA's WIN-GEM Building and Engineering VI was recently awarded to BNIM + MRY Architects with Research Facilities Design (RFD) as the laboratory design consultant. The project involves the phased design and construction of a 130,000-gsf engineering complex. The facility will house research laboratories for the School’s Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN) and Green Engineering and Metrology (GEM) programs.