A joint venture of Turner Construction and Gilbane Building Co. has begun construction on a $1.7 billion public health facility in New York state, according to a Jan. 27 announcement from New York City-based Turner. Architect HOK is serving as design partner.
The new Wadsworth Center will bring five unconnected sites across the Greater Albany area together into a single modern campus, according to the announcement. Designs for the center feature a five-story, 663,000-square-foot laboratory.
The Wadsworth Center — which was first established in 1901 and celebrates its 125th anniversary this year — is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies as a national reference center for a wide range of infectious diseases, environmental hazards and toxicological threats…