Among the first buildings to go up will be a 300,000-sflaboratory and a 175,000-sf communications center. With theadditional space, the agency plans to consolidate employeespresently housed in rented office space. The locations are the CDCheadquarters complex a few miles east of Downtown Atlanta, and theChamblee campus about 12 miles northeast of the city.

The agency has selected six general contractors and fivearchitects/engineers to bid for different segments of the work. Onthe contractors' short list are Beers Construction of Atlanta;Bovis Lend Lease with offices in Atlanta and New York; GilbaneBuilding Co., Providence, RI; McCarthy Co., St. Louis; TurnerConstruction Co., New York; and Whiting Turner Joint Venture,Baltimore.

On the architects' short list are three Atlanta firms, Lord,Aeck & Sargent, Perkins & Will, and Thompson, Ventulett,Stainback & Associates; CUH2A Inc., Princeton, NJ; and Obata +Kassabaum, St. Louis. CUH2A and Obata + Kassenbaum have offices inAtlanta.