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News from February 2008

Western College of Veterinary Medicine Expands in Saskatoon

DATELINE Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) is engaged in an expansion of its diagnostic laboratories in Saskatoon. The facility will house postmortem rooms and laboratories for animal disease diagnosis and will be constructed to national biosafety stan...
 2.29.08



Catholic Healthcare West Expands Sequoia Hospital

DATELINE Redwood City, Calif.
Catholic Healthcare West has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group a $240 million contract to assist in managing the Sequoia Hospital program in Redwood City, Calif. The project consists of a major expansion to the hospital, including a new 104-bed tower, a re...
 2.29.08



North Carolina State University Breaks Ground on Engineering Building III

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University (NCSU) broke ground on a 248,291-sf facility for the College of Engineering in Raleigh on February 27, 2008. Sited on the 1,000-acre Centennial Campus, Engineering Building III will house the Joint Department of Biomedical ...
 2.29.08



Coloplast Constructs Minneapolis Headquarters

DATELINE Minneapolis
Coloplast initiated construction in March of 2008 on its new North American headquarters in Minneapolis. The Danish medical technology firm’s 180,000-sf campus will be one of three global innovation centers and will house 300 workers. The $40 millio...
 2.29.08



Sanofi Aventis Receives LEED Certification for R&D Facility

DATELINE Cambridge, Ma.
Sanofi-aventis received LEED certification for its 75,000-square-foot R&D facility in Cambridge, Ma., in February of 2008. Completed in June of 2007, the three-story Cambridge Research Center houses laboratories, cold rooms, offices, conference rooms,...
 2.28.08



Boston University Breaks Ground At Dubai Healthcare City

DATELINE Dubai, U.A.E.
Boston University broke ground in late February 2008 on its new facility at Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC). The project, part of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Centre, is slated for completion in 2011. The facility will house graduate a...
 2.28.08



Grab Carpet Maintenance System Supports Green Cleaning

DATELINE Fall River, Ma.
The environmentally conscious Grab® Carpet Maintenance System is a comprehensive line of carpet care products that aggressively deal with a multitude of stains without adversely affecting the environment. While there are several products in the Grab l...
 2.28.08



University of Florida Breaks Ground on Pathogen Research Facility

DATELINE Gainesville, Fla.
The University of Florida broke ground on the Pathogens Research Facility in Gainesville on February 27, 2008. Housing the Emerging Pathogens Institute, the $40 million facility is slated for completion in August of 2009. Accommodating research on se...
 2.27.08



Promise Hospital of MissLou Initiates Construction

DATELINE Vidalia, La.
Promise Hospital of MissLou celebrated the official beginning of construction on its new $16 million, 49,826-sf facility in Vidalia, La., in February of 2008. The two-story, 48-bed long term acute care (LTAC) hospital will feature all private rooms, eight...
 2.23.08



Providence Opens Portland Cancer Center

DATELINE Portland, Ore.
Providence Medical Center opened the 11-story, 490,000-sf square foot Providence Cancer Center in Portland, Ore., in February of 2008. Designed by Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partnership, the multi-phase project was built by Turner Construction with groundbrea...
 2.22.08



Battelle Awarded Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment Contract

DATELINE Columbus, Ohio
Battelle received a multiple-award contract from the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) in February of 2008. With an estimated ceiling of $3 billion over a five year period, the contract allows Battelle to provide architectural a...
 2.22.08



3M Releases Amelior Healthcare Automation Software

DATELINE St. Paul, Minn.
3M announced in February of 2008 the release of the Amelior™ suite of real-time workflow automation solutions from Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS) to its healthcare customer base. The Amelior software comprises hospital-wide and department-sp...
 2.21.08



Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies Constructs Florida Headquarters

DATELINE Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies (TPIMS) initiated construction in February of 2008 on a $40 million, 100,000-sf headquarters facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Comprised of office and laboratory space, the project is being built by Suffolk Cons...
 2.20.08



Oregon Health & Science University Builds Florida Facility

DATELINE Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is planning to construct the 130,000-sf Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Funded by $60 million from the state of Florida and $53 million in infrastructure expenditures from the city o...
 2.20.08



University of Missouri Breaks Ground on Agricultural Research Lab

DATELINE Novelty, Mo.
The University of Missouri broke ground in February of 2008 on a $2 million agricultural laboratory at the Greenley Research Center in Novelty, Mo. Part of a planned Learning and Discovery Park for life science partnerships, the project includes a se...
 2.19.08



University of Oregon Dedicates Nanoscience Lab

DATELINE Eugene, Ore.
The University of Oregon in Eugene dedicated the $16 million Lorry I. Lokey Science Complex in February of 2008. The underground nanotechnology research laboratory is associated with the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, a consortium tha...
 2.19.08



Texas Regional Medical Center Breaks Ground on Sunnyvale Hospital

DATELINE Sunnyvale, Texas
Texas Regional Medical Center Sunnyvale broke ground in February 2008 on its 117,000-sf general acute care hospital sited on 29 acres in Sunnyvale, Texas. Slated for completion in 2009, the $68 million facility will be managed by Rockwall Hospitals. The 7...
 2.17.08



UALR Builds Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology

DATELINE Little Rock, Ark.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock began site work in February of 2008 on a six story facility for the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT). Construction will begin in earnest on the $30 million, 120,000-sf facility in s...
 2.15.08



University of Maine Creates Blast Resistant Wood Building

DATELINE Orono, Maine
Engineers at the University of Maine unveiled a prototype of a blast-resistant wood building in February of 2008. Located at the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center in Orono, Maine, the facility is constructed with coating treatments applied...
 2.15.08



Virginia Mason Medical Center Expands in Seattle

DATELINE Seattle
Virginia Mason Medical Center has awarded Skanska USA Building a $114 million construction management contract for a new 75,000-sf healthcare facility in Seattle. Construction began in early 2008 with completion slated for May of 2010. The building, which...
 2.14.08



Michigan State University Designs Dubai Facility

DATELINE Dubai
Michigan State University (MSU) has selected SHW of Plano, Texas to design a 32,000-sf education facility in Dubai’s International Academic City (DIAC). The $2.5 million project will house MSU’s Construction Management, Family and Community Se...
 2.14.08



University of Utah Plans Nanofabrication Teaching Lab

DATELINE Salt Lake City, Utah
The University of Utah received $1.25 million from the Micron Technology Foundation to support the creation of a nanofabrication research and teaching laboratory in Salt Lake City, Utah. The gift will support construction of a core nanofabrication facilit...
 2.12.08



University of Guelph Develops Veterinary Teaching Hospital

DATELINE Guelph, Ontario
The University of Guelph received $9.5 million from the Ontario government in February of 2008 to create a primary care teaching hospital for the Ontario Veterinary College. The research and education facility will provide an enhanced clinical learning en...
 2.12.08



UTMB Galveston Plans Research Facility

DATELINE Galveston, Texas
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston will begin construction in early 2010 on a $90 million general research building. Located adjacent to UTMB’s Primary Care Pavilion, the laboratory and office building is slated for completion ...
 2.11.08



Maryland General Hospital Breaks Ground on $57M Facility

DATELINE Baltimore
Maryland General Hospital broke ground in February of 2008 on a 96,500-sf addition to its Baltimore campus. Designed by architectural firm Hord Coplan Macht, the $57 million project will house operating rooms, eight ICU rooms, laboratories, and a pharmacy...
 2.10.08



Cambridge Major Laboratories Expands API Manufacturing Plant

DATELINE Germantown, Wisc.
Cambridge Major Laboratories (CML) is planning a $30 million expansion of its active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing site in Germantown, Wisc. The project will expand the existing 60,000-sf campus to create 180,000-sf of medium scale (3-5 me...
 2.7.08



University of Pennsylvania Designs Neural and Behavioral Sciences Building

DATELINE Philadelphia, Pa.
The University of Pennsylvania has selected SmithGroup to design the Neural and Behavioral Sciences (NBS) building in Philadelphia. Connecting to the existing Carolyn Lynch Laboratory, the facility will house teaching and research space for biology, psych...
 2.5.08



Johns Hopkins Installs MAGNETOM Verio MRI

DATELINE Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore installed the the MAGNETOM® Verio magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system from Siemens Medical Solutions in January of 2008. Combining 3 Tesla strength and sensitivity with a 70-cm open bore and T...
 2.4.08



Accruent Acquires FAMIS Software

DATELINE Santa Monica, Calif.
Accruent, a leading provider of Real Estate Performance Management (RPM) solutions, announced in February of 2008 the acquisition of FAMIS Software, a developer of Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) based in Irvine, Calif. Combined, these comp...
 2.4.08



CSU Fullerton Builds Trigen Facility

DATELINE Fullerton, Calif.
California State University, Fullerton initiated construction on January 23, 2008 on a “trigen” facility. Uniting the three functions of heating, cooling, and electricity, the plant will provide from four to 12 megawatts of electricity. Natura...
 2.4.08



Linc Facility Services Acquires Morse Medical

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
Linc Facility Services (LFS) acquired Morse Medical, the largest independent clinical technology maintenance and management service organization in the Pacific Northwest, in early 2008. The acquisition will enable LFS to strengthen its healthcare service ...
 2.4.08



Medical University of South Carolina Opens Ashley River Tower

DATELINE Charleston, S.C.
The Medical University of South Carolina opened the 641,000-sf Ashley River Tower in Charleston on February 4, 2008. Designed by NBBJ, the $400-million facility is the first hospital in the nation to meet new seismic and hurricane building codes. Speciali...
 2.4.08



Faulkner State Community College Constructs Science Building

DATELINE Fairhope, Ala.
Faulkner State Community College will begin construction in summer of 2008 on a three-story, $14 million facility housing nursing education and labs for biology, chemistry, physics, and microbiology on its Fairhope, Ala., campus. Designed by Walcott Adams...
 2.3.08



Kansas State University Provides Biosecurity Training

DATELINE Manhattan, Kansas
Kansas State University’s 113,000-sf Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) in Manhattan, Kansas will provide training in biocontainment operations and maintenance in a March 2008 session. As part of the National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training ...
 2.2.08



Livermore National Laboratory Opens BSL-3 Facility

DATELINE Livermore, Calif.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s BSL-3 laboratory became operational in late January of 2008. The $2.45-million facility supports select agent research in a one-story, permanent, self-contained 1,600-sf building with three individual laborat...
 2.2.08



MATC Completes Animal Caretaker Training Lab

DATELINE Madison, Wisc.
Madison Area Technical College (MATC) dedicated its new $350,000 training laboratory for the Lab Animal Caretaker Program in February of 2008. The facility is owned by McAllen Properties and was built by Ruedebusch Development. Construction reached comple...
 2.1.08



Boston University Initiates Environmental Assessment for BSL-4 Lab

DATELINE Boston
Boston University’s BSL-4 laboratory, originally slated to open in fall of 2008, will undergo an environmental review that is expected to reach completion in April of 2009. The additional National Institutes of Health studies will add time to the co...
 2.1.08



Emory and ICGEB Create India Vaccine Center

DATELINE New Delhi, India
Emory Vaccine Center partnered with the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in January of 2008 to create the Joint ICGEB-Emory Vaccine Center in New Delhi, India. The center will accommodate vaccine research for diseases...
 2.1.08



Saint Francis Health System Opens in Tulsa

DATELINE Tulsa, Okla.
Saint Francis Health System celebrating the opening of The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis in Tulsa, Okla. on February 1, 2008. The $72.6 million, 104-bed facility will provide pediatric inpatient and outpatient care, ICU, and medical/surgical ...
 2.1.08



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