The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center plans to build the 129,100-sf Education Building to provide interdisciplinary learning for health care professionals. The facility will integrate research knowledge, flexibility in teaching environment and technology, and state-of-the-art equipment and training. Cost for planning, design and construction of the Education building is estimated at $40-million.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HCS) is soliciting programming and architectural/engineering proposals for the Cancer Research and Treatment Center. Current plans for the potentially 180,000-sf facility, the second phase of the 80,000-sf Cancer Research Facility built in 1997, include two floors of wet lab research as well as facilities for patient holding, outpatient diagnosis and treatment, Chemotherapy, Radiation Oncology, clinical trials, dry lab research, administration, medical offices, patient education, and comm
Responding to current and future outpatients demands, the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center will develop the Ambulatory Surgery and Imaging Center, a 36,000-sf facility with a single shared infrastructure for the two departments including recovery space, waiting room and reception area. Relieving pressure on existing surgical and imaging facilities, the Ambulatory Surgery and Imaging Center will house six operating rooms; 24 prep/recovery bays; CAT Scan; MRI; Mammography; Ultrasound; the Pain Clinic; and office and support space.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) will build its first integrated research facility, the three-story, 70,000-sf UNM HSC Research Institute. The Institute will perform collaborative, interdisciplinary research on issues including the genetic predispositions, diseases, and environmental exposures that affect the 48% Hispanic and 9% Native American population of New Mexico. The facility is expected to cost $40-million to plan, design, and build.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) is planning the Children's Pavilion and Critical Care Wing, a nearly 400-sf facility integrating technology and research into a family and patient-centered environment. The project will house the following operations: UNM Children's Hospital; operating rooms; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Children's Emergency Department; Adult Emergency Department; Adult Critical Care; Urgent Care and Trauma; Women's Birthing Center; Postpartum Services; Well Baby Nursery; and Respiratory Therapy.
San Diego State University is planning the Paseo, a mixed-use redevelopment of the campus's southeastern corner. Comprised of street-level retail and upper-floor offices and student/faculty housing, the project will include nine acres of underground parking and a light rail station already under construction. The project is part of the city of San Diego's "City of Villages" concept, which will feature retail and higher-density housing developments that are both pedestrian friendly and transit-oriented.
Emory University will house the new Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats, a collaboration of state and federal agencies and top researchers working together to combat bioterrorism. Partners in the center include Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, the Medical College of Georgia, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech, and the University of Georgia. Participating governmental agencies include the U.S.
Middlebury College of Vermont is building a new 143,000-sf library featuring environmentally-friendly and locally produced materials. Lee Kennedy Co. of Boston provided pre-construction services, now complete, for the project and has now initiated construction. Architects Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects LLC designed the library.
Catholic University of America is building the $26.5 million Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center, a three-story, 102,000-sf, T-shaped structure dubbed the “living room of the university." Housing a bookstore, student center, ballroom, six meeting rooms, campus offices, and a convenience store, the facility is being built by Clark Construction of Bethesda, Md. Construction began in October 2001 and is slated for completion in January 2003. The center will unite the existing three dining rooms on campus into one facility.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is involved in a renovation and expansion of the newly acquired Hamilton Building that will add 300,000 sf of studio and gallery space. The project will allow the Academy, the oldest art school in the country, to consolidate its museum and create a single campus. Located across the street from the Academy, the Hamilton building will allow a 400-student total enrollment and is slated for completion in fall 2003.
The University of Maryland is building the $130-million Comcast Center, a 17,000-seat basketball arena facility including a gymnasium, athletic training facilities, administrative offices, and a student athlete academic and career development center. Construction began in July of 2000 and is slated for completion in fall of 2002. Construction management is being provided by a partnership of Gilbane and Smoot Construction.
George Mason University is building the $14.5-million Academic IV. The four-story classroom building will accommodate a total of 560 students in two lecture halls and two classrooms. Developed by Costello Construction of Columbia, the project is expected to reach completion by the end of January 2003. George Mason is also building the $24.9-million Liberty Square student housing development, a 500-bed project constructed by Dustin Construction of Gaithersburg, Md. Construction began in November 2001 and will be completed in fall of 2003.
George Washington University is engaged in a $7.8-million project to upgrade its Foggy Bottom Campus communications network. Over 15,000 faculty, students, and administrators will use the network, which will be accompanied by the university's implementations of Internet telephony services, making the network accessible via desktop or laptop computers.
Georgetown University is developing the $168-million, three-building Southwest Quadrangle complex which began construction in September 2000. Slated for completion in spring of 2003, the project features a 1,200-seat dining hall, a 780-bed dormitory, an 815-car underground parking garage, and a chapel. General contractor for the project is Clark Construction.
Trinity College in Washington, D.C. is building the $20-million Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports. Developed by Forrester Construction, the 58,000-sf sports complex consists of a fitness center, NCAA six-lane regulation swimming pool, six tennis courts, an indoor track, and a basketball arena seating 1,600 for games and 2,500 for nonsporting events. Soccer, field hockey and lacrosse fields will be located next to the center. Construction on the center began in November 2000 and is slated for completion in November 2002.
