Building Briefs – March 2011
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Read More Grand Opening of Twin Classroom Buildings at Miramar College
SAN DIEGO — A grand opening ceremony took place recently at San Diego Miramar College to celebrate the school’s new $34.4 million Humanities & Arts and Math & Business buildings.
Trustees Approve $100 Million Campus Master Plan
BELTON, Texas — A new campus master plan approved by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Board of Trustees will lead to construction of $100 million in new facilities in the next three to seven years.
The plan details new construction, as well as strategic renovations, to “create effective academic centers, expanded residential areas, and centralized activity zones for students,” according to a university statement.
Read More School Safety Bill Envisions Interoperable Communications
DENVER — A bill proposed by Colorado State Senator Steve King (R – Mesa County) aims to equip all schools with statewide communications interoperability — the first bill in the nation to propose a system on a statewide scale, according to the senator’s School Safety Summit initiative.
Colorado State Senate Bill 11-173 states that each school day, state educators and school personnel are accountable for the safety of more than eight hundred thousand students — about one-fifth of the total population of the state.
Read More New Realities: It鈥檚 Time to Update Your Facility Plan
It has been three years since the economy entered a major downturn. What many of us hoped was an anomaly has become our new reality. I’m not being pessimistic; I’m being realistic. Life is very different now, and we have to find a way to deal with the economy while still maintaining our school facilities.
University Solar Fields on the Rise
University campuses are often the hotspot of new trends — ones that come in all shape and form. One of the latest trends is an increasing number of solar energy fields hosted by universities, made possible by a number of supporting factors.
At Colorado State University, a solar electric system is up and running, according to Carol Dollard, energy engineer at the school.
Read More Health Building Uses Nature’s Blueprint
PHOENIX — Construction continues on the city-owned sustainable Health Sciences Education Building in downtown Phoenix, designed to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to health sciences education and research.
The 268,000-foot educational facility, located on the 28-acre Phoenix Biomedical Campus, broke ground in May last year and is slated for completion in August 2012.
The $129 million facility will be used by the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, the UA College of Pharmacy and the UA Mel and Enid Z
Read More Safety Bill Envisions Interoperable Communications in Schools
DENVER — A Colorado bill proposed by state senator Steve King (R.) aims to equip all schools with statewide communications interoperability — the first bill in the nation to propose a system on a statewide scale, according to the senator’s School Safety Summit initiative.
King said the bill, filed Friday, will be introduced early this week and assigned a bill number.
Colorado State Senate Bill 11-173 states that each school day, state educators and school personnel are accountable for the safety of
Read More Bio-Defense Facility at KSU On Track for Funding
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Based on a budget proposal announcement announced by the president’s office on Monday morning for fiscal year 2012, funding for the nation’s Bio and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas State University is on track.
The $150 million allotted to to the U.S.
Read More Hybrid Construction Rebuilds Burned Down Gym
FRYEBURG, Maine — When gymnasium burned down, the school needed a fast, low cost reconstruction that would maintain the quality of the school to continue to attract students.
"We had an immediate obligation to rebuild and to do so as cost-effectively and as quickly as possible," said Dan Lee, headmaster at Fryeburg Academy in Maine.
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