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August 11,2010Atlanta-based Heery International is providing the project and construction management for the new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Designed by Santa Monica-based Morphosis, the $50 million, 100,000-sf facility will serve as the new home for astronomers, instrument builders, and theorists who currently work in several buildings ...
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August 11,2010Just 13 months after a tornado ripped through Americus, Ga., killing two people and destroying dozens of homes and businesses, including Sumter Regional Hospital, the town of 17,000 is celebrating the grand opening of a new 76-bed interim hospital. Designed by Stegenga + Partners, Atlanta, the facility is composed of more than 350 prefabricated steel-frame modules supplied by COGIM, Rome, Ital...
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August 11,2010Arizona State University, with an enrollment of 57,000, is planning a downtown Phoenix campus that will cover 10 blocks, encompassing 1.5 million square feet of academic and support space and an equal amount of student housing. The land is now primarily vacant, according to Steven Nielsen, ASU director of university physical planning.
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August 11,2010The award-winning design for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new Southwest Fisheries Science Center replacement laboratory saw its first sign of movement last month with a groundbreaking ceremony held in La Jolla, Calif. The $102 million project is funded primarily by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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August 11,2010Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has started to transform the Lansing (Mich.) Board of Water & Light's Ottawa Street Station power plant into its new national headquarters. The $182 million project includes the conversion of the main structure into 160,000 sf of office space and the construction of a 120,000-sf office building and a 1,000-car parking garage north of the power plant.
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August 11,2010The hotel construction market expanded sharply last year and is expected to stay at its heightened level for several more years, but no further significant expansion is expected. The hotel construction boom peaked early in 2007. Construction spending at hotel job sites began the year 66% above the same period last year, but was largely unchanged in the four months through January.
