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Old Posted Aug 23, 2006, 12:33 AM
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Thanks, guys. You think those are big projects, you should see what else is going up here. Next up is CU-ICAR (Clemson University-International Center for Automotive Research.) This is an absolutely gigantic project that is going to be similiar to the Research Triangle Park in Raleigh. ICAR is expected to create 20,000 jobs when completed. The project consists of Clemson, BMW, Michelin, Timken, Microsoft, Nascar, British Automotive, SAE International, IBM, the state of South Carolina, the city of Greenville, Sun Microsystems, BellSouth, the Furman Company, Upstate Alliance, Carolina Crescent Coalition, and more. It is located along I-85 between Woodruff and Laurens Roads. There are five large campuses located throughout ICAR and their set in phases. Right now the first one is under construction and the second one should begin soon. The first phase consists of a 7-story parking garage with an office tower attached to it, Timken facility/Collaboration 3, Collaboration 1, BMW-ITRC(Information Technology Research Center), and the Campbell Graduate Engineering Center. The only building complete so far is the ITRC, but the rest are all under construction and should be complete next year.

Here are some pics and renderings of phase 1:














Here is the webcam of phase 1: http://camera.clemson.edu/icar/index.htm

More info on this project can be found here: http://www.cu-icar.com/

Here you can find more pics of the BMW-ITRC: http://www.bmwusfactory.com/education/bmw_itrc/

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