Architects picked for Banner-UMC tower

Architects selected for UA medical tower

Banner Health has awarded the contract for the design of the new Banner-University Medical Center Tucson hospital tower in Tucson to Shepley Bulfinch architects of Phoenix, in association with GLHN Architects & Engineers Inc. of Tucson. The 11-story tower is scheduled for completion in 2019.

Banners acquisition of University of Arizona Medical Center was finalized on Feb. 27.

Shepley Bulfinch prepared the master plan for the new Banner-UMC facility and completed the hospitals surgical services renovation and expansion in 2013. Elsewhere in Tucson, the firm worked on the development of the Main Gate Overlay District near the UA campus.

Tucson-based GLHN has worked on local projects including the Streetcar Maintenance and Storage Facility and Pima County Courts Complex.

Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded an Air Force contract worth more than a half-billion dollars to produce advanced air-combat missiles for the U.S. and its allies, according to a Pentagon contract notice.

Under a three-year, $529 million contract, Raytheon will produce an undisclosed number of Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) by early 2018 for the Air Force, the Navy and for foreign military sales. Fiscal 2015 Air Force and Navy production funds totaling $295 million were obligated at the time of award, the Defense Department said.

The AMRAAM is used by 36 allied nations. In December, the Air Force awarded Raytheon a $492 million contract to supply an undisclosed number of AMRAAMs and related equipment in a deal involving sales to South Korea, Oman, Singapore and Thailand.

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Architects picked for Banner-UMC tower