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BJAC Designs UNC Hospitals Imaging & Outpatient Care Center

Local Design Firm Constructs LEED Certified Building

 

Raleigh, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/23/2009 -- Lou Jurkowski, CEO at BJAC, pa (http://www.bjac.com), an architectural firm offering professional services for specialized, complex institutional projects, has announced that the firm designed the UNC Hospitals Imaging & Outpatient Center. The new 30,000 square ft, two-story building will house a diverse array of outpatient programs including radiology, physical therapy and a spine clinic. The complex will be UNC Hospital’s first building to be LEED Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.

QUOTES:
“We are proud to have successfully designed UNC Hospital’s first certifiably sustainable building,” said Jurkowski. “This project will contribute to the wellbeing of North Carolinians for many years to come.”

DETAILS:
- The center is located at the intersection of Route 54 and Finely Golf Course Road
- The imagining technologies offered at this facility will include general radiography, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, mammography, ultrasound and bone densitometry.
- The complex will incorporate a covered loading dock designed for the operation of two mobile imagining trailers, a covered patient drop-off, bicycle storage and recycling facilities.
- Occupancy is expected in Spring 2011.

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ABOUT BJAC:
Architectural firm BJAC, pa, offers professional services for specialized, complex institutional projects. The firm provides design expertise to healthcare, K-20 education, research, museum and municipal clients, along with a broad range of in-depth services, including architectural design, pre-design, programming, design, master planning, interior design, construction management, contract administration and design build. Established in 1994 by CEO and Managing Principal Lou Jurkowski, BJAC is one of the largest woman-owned architectural design firms in the Southeast, with offices in Raleigh and Charlotte. For more information, please call BJAC at (919) 833-8818 or visit http://www.bjac.com.

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