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University of Chicago Begins Site Work for Ricketts Biocontainment Laboratory

Published 10/15/2006

The University of Chicago initiated site work in fall of 2006 on the Howard T. Ricketts Regional Biocontainment Laboratory in Argonne, Ill. The facility will be located on four acres within Argonne National Laboratory. The project team for the $45-million facility includes construction manager Turner Construction of Chicago and designer Flad of Madison, Wisc. Completion is expected in February of 2008.