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10 Jun 2008
SWANKE HAYDEN CONNELL DESIGING NYS APPLIED SCIENCE CENTER OF INNOVATION
AND EXCELLENCE IN HOMELAND SECURITY
NEW YORK, NY Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA), in conjunction
with Cameron Engineering, has been awarded a contract to design the new
$190 million New York State Center of Innovation and Excellence in Homeland
Security in Bethpage, NY.

The center is intended to foster the development, evaluation and deployment
of effective and affordable system solutions that address the nations
and the states security requirements. Its goal is to facilitate
field applications of the latest scientific discoveries and technological
developments in both industry and academia.
The 65,000 square foot facility will house a main computer and communication
complex, approximately 20 research cells, a modeling and simulation lab
and digital theater as well as an integration and demonstration center.
It will also feature a lecture hall or large conference room with broadband
capabilities to link it with other organizations that are part of the
virtual homeland security network. Additional meeting rooms, administrative
and product support areas and a lunch room round out the centers
facilities.

The New York State Center will be part of a network of Homeland Security
Centers of Excellence proposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The department has already named three such centers at Texas A&M University,
the University of Minnesota, and the University of Southern California.
Headquartered in New York City, Swanke Hayden Connell Architects is the
continuation of an architectural practice founded in 1906. Staffed with
more than 300 professionals located in eight offices worldwide, the firm
provides services in five core areas of practice: architecture, interior
design, master planning, strategic facilities planning, and historic preservation,
working with a variety of corporate and institutional clients.
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