OXNARD, CALIF. — A new 38,500-square-foot student services center has opened at Oxnard College. Designed by west Los Angeles-based Nadel Architects, the $18 million structure allowed for the consolidation of a number of administrative and student offices, including the cafeteria, student business office, admission and records, financial aid, career and transfer center, health services, and disabled student services. The new center will help the 118-acre campus expand to serve 11,500 students.
ATLANTA — Turner Construction Co. is set to break ground on the $63 million G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons in Atlanta. The 220,000-square-foot building will be located on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The building will include classrooms, science laboratories, lecture halls and computer rooms. Completion is slated for May 2011.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — Stiles will break ground next month on the 75,000-square-foot Student Educational Center for Nova Southeastern University. The property will be located on Military Trail in Palm Beach Gardens. Stiles purchased the land for $7 million, and NSU will buy the development back when it's completed. The property will feature 26 classrooms, a student lounge, a fitness area and offices. Stiles' project will replace the current NSU facility on RCA Boulevard. City National Bank of Miami financed the development, which will deliver by January 2011.
UNIVERSITY CITY, MO. — McCarthy/KWAME, a joint venture between Kwame Building Group and McCarthy, is currently constructing the $13 million Barbara C. Jordan Elementary School in University City. The two-story, 64,834-square-foot school will feature 24 classrooms, including specialized classrooms and specialty spaces. Bond-Wolfe provided architectural services for the project, which is scheduled for completion in February 2011.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tishman-AECOM will build the $16 million first phase of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new headquarters. The development will be located in Washington on the site of the former St. Elizabeths hospital campus. The first phase also includes a U.S. Coast Guard headquarters building, a parking structure and an 80-megawatt co-generation plant. The entire project, which will cost between $3 billion to $4 billion, will be complete by 2016.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Turner Construction Co. has completed the 171,838-square-foot Westside K-8 School, located at 2551 Westside Blvd. in Kissimmee. The two-building, $24.4 million project includes a gym, an art and music suite, and a career wing. Orlando, Fla.-based SchenkelShultz Architecture designed the development.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — BE&K Building Group, a division of Houston-based KBR, will construct a $46.96 million United States Federal Building and Courthouse in Tuscaloosa. The development will replace the current courthouse and will be built to LEED Silver standards. Further details were not released.
WATERLOO, ILLINOIS — Construction is complete for Waterloo Community Unit School District No. 5 High School in Waterloo. The $38 million, 227,000-square-foot facility features 57 classrooms, three gymnasiums, a 462-seat auditorium, three vocational shops and a central courtyard with a pond and a fountain. St. Louis-based Guarantee Electrical served as general contractor on the project. St. Louis-based S.M. Wilson & Co. served as construction manager.
HOUSTON — Construction is complete for the expansion of the Julia Ideson Building, a historic library building located at 500 McKinney St. in Houston. A new archival wing totaling 21,500 square feet was added. It includes a research room on the first floor with the remainder of the three-story wing containing high-density shelving space for the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Also built was a two-story loggia that provides open-air seating as well as an garden and outdoor reading room. The new wing is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2010 once the archives are moved into it. Once that occurs, construction will begin for the complete renovation of the remainder of the 66,000-square-foot Ideson building. Completion of the entire $32 million project is slated for spring 2011. The project will be applying for LEED-Silver certification. The project architect is Gensler, with landscape architecture services being provided by TBG Partners. The construction manager is SpawMaxwell.
SUNSET HILLS, MO. — Site preparation and construction is under way for the Sunset Hills Community Center and Aquatic Center in Sunset Hills. The $4.8 million project includes the construction of a 14,626-square-foot community center and aquatic facility, which will include a competition pool, a leisure pool and a lazy river. Additionally, the project includes the renovation of a 3,219-square-foot pool and a concession stand. Completion is slated for early summer 2010. St. Louis-based Paric Corp. is serving as general contractor.