Owner: UC Davis Health Location: Sacramento, CA Completion Date: Late 2025 Designer: SmithGroup
The 48X Ambulatory Complex with customer UC Davis Health will
bring much needed ambulatory operating services to the campus’s main hospital
and the larger Sacramento area. The four-story, 268,000-sq.-ft. complex 48X
Complex will support a preliminary program of 14 operating rooms, 59 pre- and
post-operative recovery bays, 14 single-occupant 23-hour recovery rooms, 96
clinical exam rooms, and 19 clinical treatment rooms.
Since breaking ground in November 2022, craft workers from
various trades have worked 86,926 hours on the project. The topping out was in
the summer of 2023, and the anticipated completion date is later in 2025.
Working with partners SmithGroup, SurePods and DBC, and delivered as a design-build project, it will become one of the most technologically advanced ambulatory facilities in the U.S.
Owner: Crusoe Energy Location: Abilene, TX Completion Date: Fall 2025 Designer: HKS, Inc.
Breaking ground in summer 2024, the lightning-fast schedule and multi-building campus layout is a build-to-suit, two-building data center constructed to industry leading efficiency and reliability standards, and capable of supporting high energy density IT applications. The design is optimized for direct-to-chip liquid cooling and will also accommodate air cooling. At completion, the data center will be able to operate up to 100,000 GPUs on a single integrated network fabric.
Each building includes one central utility hall, 3MW of IT loading, four data halls capable of handling 500 racks, 35,000 sq. ft. of white space, and 25MW of IT load per data hall (four per building). The project also includes a 340MW natural gas turbine power plant, which will serve as back-up power for the data center when it energizes in 2025.
The data center features the first insulated metal panels designed by GPLA and prefabricated offsite by DPR’s self-perform work crews and installed by Digital Building Components.
Owner: University of Florida Location: St. Augustine, FL Completion Date: May 2025 Designer: Lord Aeck & Sargent
The University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory is a 37,000-sq.-ft.
interdisciplinary research and training facility will be the premiere marine
science facility in the region. It will include open modules for work
collaboration, flexible space to accommodate the needs of ever-changing
technology and research progress, over 1,000-sq.-ft. of Wet Lab space, and a
sea turtle rehabilitation hospital.
The facility requires a great deal of technical work to
accommodate for all the appropriate lab and rehabilitation spaces, plus the
customer is requiring high environmental standards. Given the mission of the
university and the lab, the facility is being built to ensure no contamination
of construction waste occur in nearby waterways, the facility is built with
sustainable materials, and that all MEP systems are designed to meet coastal
environment requirements.
Owner: University of Virginia Location: Charlottesville, VA Completion Date: March 2025 Designer: Glavé & Holmes Architecture, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
The expansion of UVA's McIntire School of Commerce aims to
redefine business education through the construction of the innovative Shumway
Hall and the renovation of historic Cobb Hall. This 80,000-sq.-ft. project will
address a longstanding space deficit and foster a dynamic learning environment
housing both a new centralized Student Success Center and the School of
Commerce with cutting-edge technology, modular classrooms, and spaces for
collaboration, research, and community engagement.
The design blends flexibility with historical preservation,
ensuring spaces adapt to evolving educational models while respecting UVA’s
legacy. Key features include a two-story glass atrium with a monumental
staircase, versatile high-tech offices and study spaces, and a park-like plaza
courtyard.
Owner: Scripps Research Location: San Diego, CA Completion Date: August 2024 Designer: DGA
Spanning 83,000-sq.-ft., the Chi-Huey Wong Laboratories for
Biomedical Research fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between chemical
and life sciences, supporting drug discovery research.
Designed to meet LEED Silver, the facility features several
eco-friendly features, including drought-tolerant landscaping and a reflective
"cool roof." It was designed in two phases, the first including
demolition of the existing building and the construction of a 705-stall parking
garage. The second phase includes the construction of a two-story office and
lab space. The team utilized self-perform work and early stakeholder engagement
successfully brought the project over the finish line. One of Scripps' largest
buildings, the facility creates space for additional laboratory teams, paving
the way for future faculty and research endeavors aimed at developing new
therapies and medical breakthroughs.
