University of Texas at Austin - Biomedical Engineering Building
Austin, Texas
We’re an industry leader in higher education
College students benefit from the world-class educational facilities we’ve designed or built. We have the experience needed to save our customers time and money because our skills are based on decades of accomplishments in planning, designing, managing, and assessing construction projects for community colleges and university campuses. Parsons provides facility condition assessments, master plans, designs, and management on capital improvement programs for all levels of education. On more than 200 college and university campuses, we have helped construct research laboratories, classrooms, administration offices, and student service centers. Our unsurpassed technical diversity and qualifications position Parsons as an industry leader.
Three examples of our work in the higher education market follow:
- San Diego Community College District. Parsons is providing program management support for this $685 million capital improvement program, the district’s largest modernization and expansion task to date. We are supporting the 5-year plan, which includes 70 projects involving land acquisition, master planning, design, construction, and equipment procurement.
- Alamo Community Colleges Capital Improvements Program. The program consists of multiple projects on three major campuses and two satellites, with each campus competing for limited bond funds impacted by unprecedented cost escalations. Parsons’ managers worked closely with the customer to develop budget reallocation options to meet educational objectives without sacrificing the bond program’s intent. On-site construction inspection personnel have ensured that safety, cost control, quality and schedule are at the forefront of each contractor’s daily activities, and that the college’s overall interests are steadfastly safeguarded.
- University of Texas at Austin Biomedical Engineering Building. In designing the Biomedical Engineering Building, Parsons created tiered standards that blend the campus’ desire of architectural permanence with a commercially viable and inherently flexible building interior. We introduced the term 100.5 to reflect the permanence of a 100-year life expectancy of the exterior with a 5-year use of the interior research spaces. In compliance with the university’s desire to increase awareness of sustainability in the built environment, Parsons’ design incorporates features that will make this building the first one on campus to achieve Silver LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
