Batson-Cook design-builds cardiovascular institute in Auburn

Batson-Cook is currently providing design-build services for The Institute for Advanced Cardiovascular Care in Auburn, Ala. The project is being constructed for Community Medical Development, also of Auburn.

This state-of-the-art $9.5 million facility will feature the latest technology in medical equipment, including CT and a heart catheterization laboratory, as well as digital information technology.

Situated on 5.9 acres of an 80-acre high-end mixed-use development, the three-story Institute for Advanced Cardiovascular Care will feature 58,000 sq ft of medical office space, including available tenant space for allied medical practices. Hecht, Burdeshaw Architects of Columbus, Ga., is providing design services for the Batson-Cook design-build team.

This inaugural facility will feature high-quality design elements such as arriscraft stone and window and curtainwall detailing that will establish the design vocabulary for the total development.

"This signature building will be a credit to the City of Auburn," says Jerry Clement, vice president of design-build for Batson-Cook. "It provides high-tech diagnostic medical care by the region's premier cardiologists with Interstate 85 convenience."

Contractor completes Mobile's Legacy Village Shopping Center

Rogers & Willard Inc. of Mobile, Ala., has just completed the construction of the new 82,000-sq-ft Legacy Village Shopping Center in Mobile. Also recently completed by Rogers & Willard is Gallery Fifty Nine in Foley, Ala., a 12,000-sq-ft retail structure. Construction was completed in December.

Rogers & Willard has been awarded the contract for the 32,000-sq-ft build-out of the 17th and 18th floor of the RSA Tower to be occupied by International Shipholding Corp., and under construction for several months now is the new multi-million dollar Lexus of Mobile Dealership, with anticipated completion in January 2007.

Huntsville Cancer Institute opens

Birmingham-based healthcare construction specialist Robins & Morton recently completed the $22 million Clearview Cancer Institute in Huntsville, Ala. Grand opening for the facility was held in October.

The 115,000-sq-ft steel structure is on a 15-acre site and will accommodate an oncology practice for eight physicians and supporting ancillary departments of medical laboratory, radiation therapy and imaging. The institute has 53 exam rooms and 60 infusion cubicles.