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CONSTRUCTION/DEVELOPMENT
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Construction
Underway for New Library at Webster University
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Paric Corp. is constructing a new $14 million library on the
campus of Webster University. The technology and communication elements
designed into the library will serve students at the university’s
main campus in Webster Groves as well as the 96 other locations
worldwide.
Paric Corp. has begun construction on its fourth project in the
past two years at Webster University. When completed in spring 2003,
the $14 million library named in honor of Emerson, a long-standing
supporter of the University, will offer students current technology
options for research and communication.
Need for a new library has been growing since the mid-1990s. During
this time, Webster University nearly doubled the number of campus
locations it serves. There are now more than 18,000 students enrolled
in graduate and undergraduate programs through the University’s
97 locations in the U.S. and seven other countries.
Since 1969, Webster University has shared a library with nearby
Eden Seminary. With construction of a new library building on the
Webster campus and renovation of the current library building on
the Eden campus, the joint library system will continue in both
buildings.
The new library is the largest project in the University’s $30 million
comprehensive campaign and will be the largest building on the St.
Louis campus. Designed by Perry, Dean, Rogers & Partners (PDRP),
the 71,500-square-foot building will offer space for books and desks
as well as access to new technology.
Among the library design elements that will accommodate new technology
needs:
- More
than 700 laptop computer data connections
- 30
online, research workstations
- Remote
access to reference books, more than 500 e-books and about
8,000 journals
- Satellite
downlinks to connect the university to its global student
and faculty through remote classroom lectures
- High-speed
communications tied into the university’s fiber optic
computer network.
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“Webster’s new
library will be a centerpiece of our academic resources,” says Neil
George, vice president of academic affairs. “This technologically
advanced building will surely become the intellectual center for
our home campus, and it will serve our students throughout the world
of Webster.”
Hotel Opens on SLU Campus
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Each floor of the new Saint Louis University Water Tower Inn
features a lounge with a view of the Arch and downtown.
With spacious guest rooms and views of both downtown St. Louis or
the historic Compton Water Tower and park, the Saint Louis University
Water Tower Inn is not typical campus accommodations. Then again,
not every university operates a hotel. Saint Louis University decided
to open the 62-room hotel on campus as a SLU campus service, but
shortly after opening, the University also decided to make the hotel
available to the general public.
Located near the former Incarnate Word Hospital, now known as the
Salus Center, SLU spent more than $1 million on renovations, which
began in April 2001 and were completed in February 2002. ICS Construction
converted more than 35,000-square-feet on the fifth and sixth floors
of the six-story building into hotel rooms, meeting rooms and lounges.
An additional 1,000 square feet on the main level became the hotel
lobby. Other amenities include a fitness center, a fully-equipped
kitchen, a cafeteria and a mail and copy center.
According to University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., the idea
for the hotel started as a way to fill accommodation needs for SLU
parents, alumni, visiting athletic teams and families of patients
at Saint Louis University Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Children’s
Hospital. Drury Inn provided assistance setting up the Water Tower
Inn. Currently, the Water Tower Inn has a staff of six led by Jeremy
Schierhoff as manager.
Joining ICS on the project was the Lawrence Group architects. Lawrence
Group’s designs converted the six-story former hospital into a multi-use
facility with separate entrances for the hotel and the University’s
School of Public Health.
CitiMortgage Consolidating Operations at Progress Point
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Clayco is building this 515,000-square-foot office building for
CitiMortgage at Progress Point, a TRiSTAR development in O’Fallon,
Mo.
A 515,000-square-foot office building at Progress Point in O’Fallon,
Mo., will house up to 5,000 CitiMortgage employees when completed
at the end of 2003. Design-builder for the three-story building,
Clayco Construction Co. started the project earlier this year.
A TRiSTAR Business Communities development, Progress Point is located
on 168 acres just west of Highway 94 along Highway 40 in St. Charles
County. The new building will allow St. Louis-based CitiMortgage
to consolidate its staff and additional employees from its Consumer
Finance and Consumer Credit operations into one location.
Joining Clayco on the project are Forum Studio Inc., architect and
interior designer; Alper Audi, structural engineer; and Stock &
Associates Inc., civil engineer.
Corva Corp. Moving HQ to MB Corporate Park in St. Charles
Above:
ARCO Construction completed this new $2 million headquarters
facility for Corva Corp. at the MB Corporate Park near Route 370
and Elm Street in St. Charles.
Increased demand for its industrial valves and automated controls
prompted Corva Corp. to invest in a new headquarters at MB Corporate
Park at Missouri Route 370 and Elm Street in St. Charles. The move
more than triples the size of Corva’s previous space in Earth City.
ARCO Construction Co. completed the $2 million office/warehouse
facility ahead of schedule, allowing Corva to move in before the
end of 2001. Dave W. Dial Architects PC designed the single-level
building for its three-acre site. Joining ARCO and Dial on the project
were Bax Engineering Co., civil engineer; McNealy-Bumberry Engineering
Inc., structural engineer; ICON Mechanical Engineering of Granite
City, mechanical engineer; and RJP Electric.
In addition to its new corporate headquarters, Corva operates branch
offices in Chicago, Kansas City, Louisville and Minneapolis.
HBE Developing Facilities for Three St. Louis Credit Unions
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The O’Fallon location is one of three new branches HBE developed
for First Community Credit Union this quarter.
Above:
HBE’s remodeling and expansion of the Anheuser-Busch Employee
Credit Union will be complete this June.
Above:
Olin Community Credit Union will move into this Bethalto, Ill.,
operations and branch facility this month. The Bethalto project
is the second location HBE has completed for Olin Community Credit
Union.
HBE’s Financial Facilities division is working with three area
credit unions to develop new or expanded facilities.
Scheduled for completion in June, is a major remodeling and expansion
of the Anheuser-Busch Employees Credit Union headquarters, along
with a 32,000-square-foot addition to the building. The expansion
will support a larger call center and space for financial planners
and other accounts counselors to work with members.
HBE is continuing its long relationship with First Community Credit
Union with the development of new branch facilities in St. Charles,
Fenton and O’Fallon, Mo. The St. Charles and Fenton locations are
already open and the O’Fallon location is scheduled to be completed
on May 1.
For Olin Community Credit Union, the design-build firm is developing
a new, two-story, 22,000-square-foot operations center and branch
facility in Bethalto, Ill. This will be a new marketing area for
the credit union. HBE expects to complete the Bethalto location
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