Higher Education

ARAMARK today announced that it has completed the acquisition of ServiceMaster Management Services, the facility services business of ServiceMaster.

Swarthmore College is planning a $50 million expansion designed by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott of Boston and built by contractor Barclay White Skanska USA Inc. of Blue Bell, Pa. $40 million will be spent on a total of 140,000 sf in additions and renovations to Science Complex buildings. The project involves construction of a new 70,000-sf facility and renovation of 70,000 sf in two existing buildings. The project began in June 2001 and is slated for completion in June of 2004.  

The University of California-Davis, the world leader in wine science, will be spending $25 million of a $35 million grant to build the new Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science. Replacing buildings 50 years old, the institute will house classrooms, food processing and winery buildings. The remaining $10 million will fund a theater complex already under construction, to be named the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. The center is slated for completion in October 2002.

Ground was broken on the new 60,000-sf City Museum at Carnegie Library, a museum dedicated to chronicling the history of the District of Columbia. Designed by architects Devrouax & Purnell of Washington, the museum is scheduled to open in spring of 2003. Also on the project team is New York-based RKK&G Museum and Cultural Facilities Consultants, working with GSM Design of Montreal to create the museum's exhibits.

The University of the Incarnate Word is expanding with a new building providing student housing, conference facilities, a bookstore and a parking garage. The first phase of the 150,000-sf facility is being funded by a $9 million bond issue and is currently under contract.

Northwest Vista College is planning a new 30,000-sf Advanced Technology Center to house the college's Corporate and Community Development Department. The two-story facility will also house academic functions, providing a biotechnology lab, 5 computer labs and 8 classrooms.

Massachusetts College of Art's new nine-story, 123,000-sf residence hall was initiated by a topping-off ceremony held by Corjen Construction LLC of Boston. The facility is slated for completion in July of 2002 and will house apartment suites for 306 students.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston has renovated the Center for Environmental Health to create 15,000 sf of lab and office space. At the Center for Space Research, 18,600 sf was demolished and renovated. Both projects were completed by Shawmut Design and Construction of Boston.

San Diego State University's Cuicacalli Residential Suites and Dining Complex was recently completed by San Diego-based Douglas E. Barnhart and design-build partner Mosher Drew Watson & Ferguson of Point Loma, Calif.. The two 6-story residential towers were built at a project cost of $33.6 million. The development consists of 250,000 sf of living, dining and support facilities.

Emerson College of Boston has selected Cambridge-based Stubbins Associates to design a new College Center and Residence on a recently purchased 14,900-sf parcel.

 Stanford University is building the James H. Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering Sciences, a 225,000-sf bio-science research facility slated for occupancy in 2003. Promoting the Stanford interdisciplinary initiative called Bio-X, Clark Center will house 50 faculty from biosciences, physical sciences and engineering.

Texas A&M University at Corpus Christ plans to develop a new classroom and lab facility with $34 million in funds, part of a $1 billion revenue bond initiative for new projects in Texas. The Hart Research Center for Gulf of Mexico Studies is also slated for development with the grant. The center brings the perspectives of bio-diversity and economic sustainability to bear on issues relative to the Gulf of Mexico.

Three universities in the Triangle have plans for new genomics facilities, faculty, and equipment. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has targeted $245 million for genomics development. North Carolina State University is investing $300 million in genome science initiatives and plans to build three new buildings. Duke University has budgeted $200 million for construction of four new facilities, one of which is the Center for Human Disease Models, a facility housing more than 36,000 cages.

The University of Texas at San Antonio plans to develop its Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building with $22.9 million received from a $1 billion state revenue bond initiative for new projects. The $64 million facility is currently in the programming stage which should be completed by September. Architect of record for the project, which has not yet entered the design phase, is FPK of Houston.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio could benefit from a $1 billion revenue bond initiative for new projects in Texas. The campus is eligible to receive up to $29 million for new facility construction housing academic administration and student services, including a Laredo Extension Campus support building.