University of Pittsburgh Expands Research Facilities

PITTSBURGH, PA. -
The University of Pittsburgh approved $120 million in capital projects in April of 2008. A $64 million, 27,000-sf mezzanine level will be built in Benedum Hall at the Swanson School of Engineering housing classrooms, labs, and upgraded HVAC systems. A $21 million project will add a 38,000-sf wing to the Falk Laboratory School and renovate 26,000-sf in the existing Falk facility. Other projects include a $5.3 million renovation to the Chevron Science Center to create an organic chemistry research laboratory and a $9 million renovation of Langley Hall’s bioscience research laboratories and associated infrastructure.