Higher Education

PurdueUniversity is building the Burton D. Morgan Center, a 31,000-sf entrepreneurship center and incubator housing The Purdue Engineering Projects in Community Service, the New Venture Lab, the Innovation Realization Lab, and the Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurial Competition. The project will include construction of a 72-seat lecture hall, a presentation room, and several conference and break-out rooms. The center will be used by multidisciplinary graduate and undergraduate students engaged in new product conceptualization, research marketing, and technological problem solving.

Purdue   Universityis developing the Bowen Civil High Performance Structures Lab, a large-scale laboratory for the Civil Engineering department.

Georgia Institute of Technology is building Technology Square, a 1,109,000-gsf mixed-use development at Midtown.

Eastern Illinois University has completed the restoration, renovation and addition to the 157,000-sf Booth Library. The $16,269,026 project was built by contractor Williams Brothers Construction  and include a 134,200-sf renovation and a 12,800-sf addition. Chicago architectural firm Holabird & Root designed the facility, which received the 2002 AIA Chicago Interior Architecture Award. Originally built in 1948, an addition in 1968 provided some space for growth.

Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta is building the 288,000-gsf Ford Motor Company Environmental Science & Technology Building. Designed by architects Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, and built by Archer Western Contractors, the building will house the College of Engineering, the College of Sciences, and the Advanced Technology Development Center. Construction of the $58-million laboratory and research facility began in August of 2002 and is slated for completion this October.

Purdue   University is renovating the historic 101-year old David C. Pfendler Hall, formerly the Agricultural and Entomology Hall. The project includes a 25,000-sf addition, with the interior and exterior of the existing structure to be renovated and restored in the Beaux-arts Neoclassical style. The facility will house administrative offices for the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, the Agricultural Development Office, classrooms, research labs, and a 150-seat auditorium.

East High School in Williamsville, N.Y., worked with Trautman Associates of Buffalo and Lumen Power Sources, a representative of H.E. Williams, to upgrade the high school's lighting system.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is building the $23-million U.A. Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building. Designed by Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), the 90,000-sf research and educational facility began construction in April of 2002 and is slated for completion in July 2003. The building will house the Georgia Tech and Emory University Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. Contractor for the project is Archer-Western Contractors, Ltd.  

Georgia Institute of Technology is renovating and expanding the J.S. Coon Building to provide a modern and accessible new home for the School of Psychology. The $9-million, 73,000-sf project includes complete environmental remediation and construction of an 11,000-sf addition and a 4,200-sf mezzanine in the former shop wing. Architect Jova Daniels Busby has completed 35% of the design of the facility, which began construction in October 2001 and is slated for completion in February 2003.

Colorado State University celebrated the completion of the $16-million Chemistry/Biological Sciences Instructional Labs on October 11. Designed by OZ Architecture, a firm with studios in Denver, Boulder, and Summit County, the 78,000-sf building forms a dramatic arched bridge connecting the existing Chemistry and Anatomy/Zoology buildings and acts as a new campus gateway.

Notre Dame High School completed the $14-million Manley Hall in time for the fall 2002 school year. The three-story, 34,000-sf hall houses the most advanced computer labs in any Silicon Valley school, as well as a new library, three science labs, eleven new classrooms, and administrative offices. Designed by Anderson-Brule Architects of San Jose, the project was constructed by Blach Construction of Santa Clara.

Western   Washington   University, located in Bellingham, began work on its new Communications Facility in mid-August, with a formal groundbreaking to follow in October. Designed by Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partnership of Seattle, the 130,000-gsf, four-story facility will provide additional general classrooms for the university as well as instructional space for the departments of Physics, Computer Science, Communications and Journalism.

Purdue University is developing Phase 3 and 4 of the Heine Pharmacy Laboratory renovation project. The National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $2,970,000 to fund the four-phase renovation of over 20 laboratories in the Robert E. Heine Pharmacy Building that support NIH-sponsored research. Total cost for the project, with matching funds form Purdue, will reach approximately $6 million.

Western   Washington   University (WWU) is building a new 100,000-sf Student Recreation Center on its Bellingham campus. Groundbreaking for the facility, designed by Seattle firm BJSS/Duarte Bryant, took place in early March. The recreation center, slated for completion in fall of 2003, will house a three court gym, multi-activity court, six lane lap pool and sauna, weight and fitness training areas, elevated jogging track, and a rock climbing wall. WWU has also opened its new Campus Services Facility, which began construction in April of 2001.

PurdueUniversity is expanding the School of Chemical Engineering with a 96,000-sf addition. Part of the Purdue University Schools of Engineering Strategic Facilities Plan, the expansion includes an interactive multimedia learning center, a teaching lab for chemical engineering fundamentals, and an integrated lab complex for chemical and polymer engineering. The project will also house biomedical, catalysis and surface science research clusters. The addition is designed as flexible laboratory space to foster teamwork, interactive discussion and innovative research.