Collaborarive, began design in January 1993. The building 

 will house a collection of approximately one million objects, 

 laboratories, a resource center and library, photo, film, video, 

 and paper archives, and supporting reception and ceremonial 

 spaces. The building will be three stories with a chambered 

 nautilus roof structure. The first construction contract tor site 

 development will be awarded in 1994; building construction 

 should begin in mid 1995. 



NMNH East Court Infill Program 



The design for the East Court Infill Building will be com- 

 pleted in late 1994. The new building will provide about 

 110,000 square feet of space and increase exhibition space by 

 returning galleries now used to house collections and staff ac- 

 tivities to public use. Construction will begin in the spring of 

 1995 and be completed in 1997. 



NMNH Research Greenhouse Facility 



ODC completed construction on the 9200 square foot Green- 

 house, which consists of five small greenhouses. The head 

 house contains offices, workrooms and mechanical equipment 

 rooms. The greenhouses are heated by gas heaters and cooled 

 by automatic shade screens and a fog system that vaporizes 

 water into a fine mist. The greenhouses can handle plants 

 from all types of climates and has an automatic environment 

 control system. An alarm will notify guards if the tempera- 

 ture exceeds pre-set limits. 



NMNH Osteopreparatory Laboratory 



ODC is nearing completion of the Osteology Preparatory Lab- 

 oratory, a 5300 square foot facility designed to house animal 

 specimens as large as dolphins and small whales. The speci- 

 mens will be taken to "bug houses" where beetles eat away all 

 organic matter leaving only the bones for study The building 

 will be furnished with lab benches, hoods, an air scrubbing 

 unit to ensure odorless exhaust, and a monorail for transport- 

 ing specimens. 



STRI 



ODC will complete construction of a new Laboratory build- 

 ing at Barro Colorado Island, a new pier, extension of the con- 

 crete pathway and main utility lines, a 2-unit dormitory 

 building for researchers and an 8-unit dormitory building for 

 island workers, early in 1995. 



NMNH West Court 



Design is in the concept stage for plans and specifications for 

 a large format theater, Discovery Room and restaurant in the 

 West Court of NMNH. In conjunction with this project, a 

 new museum shop will be constructed in the main gallery on 

 the ground floor of NMNH. Project design completion for 

 the West Court is scheduled for July 1995, with construction 

 completion in December 1997. 



NASM Dulles Extension 



Final authorization for the construction of the Dulles Exten- 

 sion was received early this year. ODC initiated meetings 

 with the Virginia Department of Transportation, Federal Avia- 

 tion Administration, and the Metropolitan Washington Air- 

 ports Authority and developed a scope of work for planning 

 and design to begin. Earlier agreements on funding and con- 

 struction were reviewed with the state, and several public 

 meetings were held. The FAA" agreed to be lead agency for the 

 preparation of the Environmental Assessment, and if neces- 

 sary, the Environmental Impact Statement. Senior manage- 

 ment met with the designer and determined that 

 development of concepts and value engineering of alternative 

 construction methods were necessary. 



CHM Accessibility Deficiencies 



ODC completed the design for a multi-million dollar renova- 

 tion, restoration and correction of accessibility deficiencies at 

 the Cooper-Hewitt and adjacent Fox and Miller townhouses. 

 Award of the construction contract is expected this fall. Con- 

 struction will take a year and a half. 



Suitland Master Plan 



The Suitland Collections Center Master Development Plan 

 was approved by the National Capital Planning Commission. 

 The report provides a physical planning guide for meeting 

 the Institutions collections care, storage and research needs 

 for over 20 Smithsonian bureaus and offices. ODC will begin 

 development of a detailed project prospectus for the first in- 

 crement of construction for a 450,000 square foot joint use col- 

 lections storage and conservation facility. 



Office of Equal Employment and 

 Minority Affairs 



Era L. Marsha//, Director 



The Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs 

 (OEEMA) restructured its EEO Complaints program by in- 

 creasing the number of counselors, providing more effective 

 training to resolve complaints in the pre-complaints stage, 

 computerizing its database of information to obtain a better 

 insight into the causes of complaints, and increasing the staff 

 dedicated to complaints processing. Another significant initia- 

 tive aimed at reducing the number of complaints was expand- 

 ing the Train-the-Trainer briefing to instruct units of their 

 responsibilities in the Prevention of Sexual Harassment. 



OEEMA continued to refine the SI Diversity Action Plan, 

 which monitors accountability for cultural diversity/affirma- 

 tive action initiatives at all levels of the Institution. 



OEEMA enhanced its assessment of the effectiveness of Si's 

 recruitment efforts for minorities and women by monitoring 

 and evaluating each unit's employment practices. 



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