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News from May 2008

Wyeth Nutritionals Expands in China and Singapore

DATELINE Suzhou, China
Wyeth Nutritionals has awarded a $400 million contract to a partnership of M+W Zander and PM Group to provide design, project management, and construction oversight for two projects. A 50,000-sm infant nutrition facility will be constructed in Suzhou, Chi...
 5.8.08



Shriners Plans St. Louis Replacement Hospital

DATELINE ST. LOUIS
Shriners Hospitals for Children will break ground on in July of 2008 on a $170 million, 247,000-sf replacement hospital in St. Louis. Located on the Washington University Medical Center campus, the facility is slated for completion in 2012. Designed by Gr...
 5.8.08



Whitworth University Constructs Science Center

DATELINE Spokane, Wash.
Whitworth University will begin construction in late spring of 2009 on a $37 million science center in Spokane, Wash. The three-story, 63,000-sf facility will house labs, classrooms, and offices for the departments of biology and chemistry. Completion is ...
 5.8.08



Indiana University Bloomington Plans Capital Projects

DATELINE BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
Indiana University Bloomington approved seven construction projects in May of 2008, for a total of 13 capital projects on campus (planned or under way) totaling $340 million. The recently approved projects include: a $47 million, 160,000-sf Interna...
 5.8.08



Pfizer Constructs Irish Biotech and R&D Facilities

DATELINE County Cork, Ireland
Pfizer is constructing two facilities in County Cork, Ireland. A $297 million biopharmaceutical clinical manufacturing plant in Shanbally will produce experimental medicines for Phase II and III clinical trials. An R&D center housing 100 employees wil...
 5.8.08



Butler to Hold Pharmacy Addition Groundbreaking

DATELINE Indianapolis, Ind.
Butler University broke ground on a $14 million pharmacy and health sciences addition in Indianapolis, Ind., on May 8, 2008. Housing classrooms, project rooms, laboratories, and faculty offices, the 40,000-sf facility is expected to attain LEED Silver cer...
 5.8.08



UC Berkeley Constructs Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Services

DATELINE Berkeley, Calif.
The University of California, Berkeley has selected contractor McCarthy to build the $160 million Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Services. Accommodating research into the molecular basis for disease, the facility will focus on infectious dis...
 5.8.08



Florida Atlantic University Builds College of Engineering

DATELINE Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University will break ground in fall of 2008 on a new College of Engineering facility in Boca Raton. Part of a planned 250,000-sf College of Engineering complex, the first phase will house between 80,000-sf and 100,000-sf of classroom, la...
 5.8.08



Pacific Northwest National Lab Develops Physical Sciences Facility

DATELINE Richland, Wash.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has awarded a joint venture of Lydig Construction and George Grant Inc. a $106 million contract to complete the 200,000-sf Physical Sciences Facility. Replacing labs and offices at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation that...
 5.8.08



UCSF Breaks Ground on Cardiovascular Research Institute

DATELINE San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco broke ground on the $254 million Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) on May 7, 2008. Located on the University’s Mission Bay campus, the 232,000-sf collaborative facility will house biomedical researc...
 5.7.08



Texas A&M Opens Radiogenic Isotope Geosciences Lab

DATELINE College Station, Texas
Texas A&M University opened the R. Ken Williams '45 Radiogenic Isotope Geosciences Laboratory on May 3, 2008 in College Station. The facility began construction in October 2007 and houses interdisciplinary research space for the College of Geosciences...
 5.3.08



Florida State University Opens Chemical Sciences Laboratory

DATELINE Tallahassee, Fla.
Florida State University opened the $72 million Chemical Sciences Laboratory in Tallahassee on May 2, 2008. Housing education and research space, the 168,000-sf, five-story building will accommodate approximately 250 researchers. The building has a total ...
 5.2.08



Merck Serono Expands Billerica Research Facility

DATELINE Billerica, Ma.
Merck Serono and U.S. affiliate EMD Serono will initiate construction in early 2009 on a $50 million expansion of research operations in Billerica, Ma.  Slated for completion in 2010, the project includes construction of a 210,000-sf discovery center...
 5.2.08



Genzyme Develops Beijing R&D Center

DATELINE Beijing
Genzyme Corp. is planning to construct a new 200,000-sf R&D center in the Zhongguancun Life Science Park in Beijing. The $90 million facility will accommodate research and development in areas including orthopedics, transplant and immune disease, onco...
 5.2.08



College of William and Mary Plans Marine Science Facility

DATELINE Wachapreague, Va.
The College of William and Mary is planning to construct a $4.3 million seawater research facility at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science’s Eastern Shore Laboratory in Wachapreague, Va.  The facility will house environmentally controlled l...
 5.2.08



James Madison University Plans Biotechnology Building

DATELINE HARRISONBURG, Va.
James Madison University will initiate the planning phase for Centennial Hall in July of 2008. Sited on the university’s campus in Harrisonburg, Va., the biotechnology building will house life sciences instruction and research. The facility will be ...
 5.2.08



Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Plans Replacement Hospital

DATELINE Elmhurst, Ill.
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare is planning to construct a $450 million, 259-bed replacement hospital on the campus of its outpatient center in Elmhurst, Ill. Completion is slated for 2011....
 5.2.08



Clemson University Builds Bioscience Facility

DATELINE Clemson, S.C.
Clemson University will break ground in August of 2008 on a $50 million, 95,000-sf Bioscience/Life Sciences building in Clemson, S.C.  Also under construction is the $7 million Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics facility, housing teaching lab...
 5.2.08



Southampton University Constructs Nanoscale Cleanroom Facility

DATELINE Southampton, UK
The University of Southampton will open the £55 million Mountbatten Building in late 2008 in Southampton, UK. Connecting on all levels to the existing Zepler Building, the interdisciplinary nanotechnology and microelectronics facility will include c...
 5.2.08



University of Central Florida Constructs Burnett Biomedical Sciences Building

DATELINE Orlando
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is constructing the Burnett Biomedical Sciences building in Orlando. Slated for completion by fall of 2009, the five-story facility will will house the merged UCF College of Medicine and the Burnett School of Biomed...
 5.2.08



UW-Madison Begins Construction on Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

DATELINE MADISON, WISC.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison broke ground on the $150 million Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery in Madison on May 2, 2008. The 300,000-sf interdisciplinary biomedical research building will be comprised of four stories above ground and one below, ...
 5.2.08



Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Celebrates Edmonton Opening

DATELINE EDMONTON, ALBERTA
The Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute officially opened in Edmonton on May 1, 2008. The $217 million facility is Western Canada's first heart institute. Housing an MRI suite and a $1.2-million virtual-reality laboratory, the building includes 124 beds, ...
 5.1.08



Labconco Creates New Generation Of Biosafety Cabinets

DATELINE Kansas City, Mo.
Labconco’s new Purifier Logic Biosafety Cabinets are a new generation of biosafety cabinets that include an LCD information center located inside the cabinet at eye-level to keep users safe and alerted to current cabinet conditions. Operating parame...
 5.1.08



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