EDUCATION Projects:
Additional Projects:
Tuskegee University
Location: Tuskegee, Alabama
Completed: May 2005
Budget: $19,100,000
Square Footage: 180,000 SF
Renovation and Restoration
Construction Management At-Risk

During World War II, the United States government conducted experiments at Tuskegee University
to study the effects of treated and untreated sexually transmitted diseases. The experiments
went on for years and the local people used in the experiments suffered greatly.
The Federal Health and Human Resources Department set aside funds to establish a center at
Tuskegee University to bring unsafe research practices to the forefront. The National Center
for Bioethics was established and the John Andrews Student Health Center and Classroom
complex was chosen for renovation and restoration. The local hospital was located in the
complex for seventy-seven years before closing in 1987. The complex is being completed
in five phases. The end uses will be museum space, archives, classrooms, offices, student health
care, and the National Center for Bioethics. All related infrastructure and site work for fifteen acres
including three parking areas is included.
