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Tradeline, Inc. filters and categorizes new-construction and industry news from regional and professional journals across the country. Here you will find new projects, products, and regulatory updates.News from May 2008

ilumisys Launches LEDs Designed To Replace Fluorescent Tubes

DATELINE Troy, Mich.
ilumisys has launched the first product in a series of patented light emitting diode (LED) tubes, designed to directly replace standard T-8 and T-12 fluorescent tubes. The ilumisys MK1 product uses high brightness LEDs to provide efficient and effective l...
 5.30.08



Boehringer Ingelheim Inaugurates Quebec Laboratory

DATELINE LAVAL, QUEBEC
Boehringer Ingelheim inaugurated the $36 million Global Centre of Excellence for Antiviral Drug Discovery in Laval, Quebec, in May of 2008. Supporting the discovery of treatments for serious infectious diseases including Hepatitis C and AIDS, the laborato...
 5.30.08



Fraser Health Designs Surrey Outpatient Hospital

DATELINE Surrey, BC, Canada
Fraser Health has selected BC Healthcare Solutions, led by French firm Bouygues Batiment International, to design, build, finance, and maintain its planned $150-million outpatient hospital in Surrey, British Columbia. Housing day surgery, diagnosis, and c...
 5.30.08



University of Wisconsin-Madison Develops Research Facilities

DATELINE Madison, Wis.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s $160 million Interdisciplinary Research Complex is slated for completion by fall of 2008. Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, the 473,000-sf facility will centralize and expand genetics, cellular, and ...
 5.30.08



Air Force Partners with UDRI on Alternative Fuel Research Facility

DATELINE Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
The Air Force Research Laboratory is partnering with University of Dayton Research Institute to build and operate an alternative fuel research facility at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The 4,000-sf Alternative Aerospace Fuels Research Facility,...
 5.30.08



Colorado State's Biocontainment Lab Receives Select Agent Approval

DATELINE FORT COLLINS, COLO.
Colorado State University’s $30 million Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory received select agent research approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in May of 2008. Sited on the Foothills Campus in Fort Collins,...
 5.30.08



UCSF Plans Neuroscience Facility

DATELINE San Francisco, Calif.
The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) is planning to construct the $105-million, 180,000-sf Neuroscience Research Building. Housing laboratory and clinical space for 78 principal investigators, the facility will built at the University&rsqu...
 5.30.08



Bosch Builds Reutlingen Semiconductor Fab

DATELINE Reutlingen, Germany
The Bosch Group is building a €550 million fab for 200 millimeter semiconductors in Reutlingen, Germany. The facility began construction in fall of 2007 with production commencing in mid-2009. The plant will be able to produce 1,000 silicon wafers pe...
 5.30.08



ARS Dedicates National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center

DATELINE FRANKLIN, Maine
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) dedicated the $22.7 million National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center (NCWMAC) in Franklin, Maine, in late May of 2008. Housing laboratory, office, and tank space to support 14 scientists and 45 staff, the 44,00...
 5.30.08



DuPont Builds Hong Kong R&D Center

DATELINE Hong Kong
DuPont will initiate construction in 2008 on a new R&D center in Hong Kong. Additionally, the company will build a manufacturing and production plant in Shenzhen, China. Both facilities will support the development and production of photovoltaic techn...
 5.30.08



Community Mercy Health Develops Springfield Hospital

DATELINE Springfield, Ohio
Community Mercy Health Partners has selected Danis Building Construction Co. and McCarthy as the construction management team for its $240 million, 505,000-sf hospital in Springfield, Ohio. Site work began in May of 2008 with completion slated for late 20...
 5.30.08



Emory University Breaks Ground on Rollins Public Health Building

DATELINE Atlanta
Emory University broke ground on the Claudia Nance Rollins Building in Atlanta on May 30, 2008. The 160,000-sf facility is part of the Rollins School of Public Health and is supported by a $50 million philanthropic donation. Connected by a glass bridge to...
 5.30.08



North Dakota State University Breaks Ground on Agricultural Research Facilities

DATELINE Fargo, N.D.
North Dakota State University broke ground on two agricultural research facilities in Fargo, N.D., on May 30, 2008. The $12 million Greenhouse Facility will house research in plant breeding, pathology, and nutrition to create higher yield crop varieties. ...
 5.30.08



Chevron Opens LEED-Certified Gulf of Mexico Headquarters

DATELINE Covington, La.
Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit (GOMBU) celebrated the opening of its new Northpark headquarters in Covington, La., in May of 2008. The 300,000-sf headquarters utilizes advanced technology to manage shelf operations and features a visualizati...
 5.30.08



MedImmune Expands Frederick Campus

DATELINE FREDERICK, MD.
Gaithersburg-based MedImmune is constructing a 710,000-sf manufacturing complex in Frederick, Md.  Fluor Corp. of Irving, Texas, joined the project team in May of 2008 and will work with Parsons of Pasadena, Calif., the original engineering contracto...
 5.30.08



York Hospital Opens Simulation Facility

DATELINE York, Pa.
York Hospital opened its 4,500-sf medical simulation center on June 2, 2008. The $2.3 million facility will house patient simulators, a task-training room, a control room, and a debriefing room for the training of physicians and healthcare professionals. ...
 5.28.08



Florida A&M University Breaks Ground on Animal Healthcare Facility

DATELINE Quincy, Fla.
Florida A&M University (FAMU) broke ground on its $1.2 million Animal Healthcare Facility in Quincy in May of 2008. Housing research facilities, a clinical lab, veterinary training facilities, and a technology center, the building will open in April o...
 5.28.08



Virtua Breaks Ground on Health and Wellness Facility

DATELINE Washington Township, N.J.
Virtua Health broke ground on a $31 million health and wellness facility in Washington Township, N.J., in late May of 2008. The 225,000-sf building will include physical and occupational therapy, a med spa and salon, a fitness center, a high risk pregnanc...
 5.28.08



Cornell University Breaks Ground on Animal Health Diagnostic Center

DATELINE Ithaca, N.Y.
Cornell University broke ground on the $80 million New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center in Ithaca in May of 2008. Slated for completion in late summer of 2010, the 126,000-gsf facility will house over 200 researchers, consolidating operations cu...
 5.23.08



LEVELROCK Sound Board For LEED Credits

DATELINE Chicago
USG has announced that the recycled content of its LEVELROCK™ brand SRB™ sound reduction board and LEVELROCK SRM-25™ sound reduction mat can help architects and designers qualify for LEED® credits from the U.S. Green Building Council...
 5.23.08



Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Opens Perinatal Facility

DATELINE Loma Linda, Calif.
Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital completed the 8,700-sf Maternal-Fetal Medicine Diagnostic Treatment and Research Center (MFM) in Loma Linda, Calif., in May of 2008. Designed by gkkworks and built by Turner Construction, the project involve...
 5.23.08



Boston Medical Center Constructs Ambulatory Care Center

DATELINE Boston
Boston Medical Center is planning to build a $189 million ambulatory care facility. Developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the nine-story, 245,000-sf project will be constructed in Boston’s Sou...
 5.23.08



University of Rochester Medical Center Opens Wilmot Cancer Facility

DATELINE Rochester, N.Y.
The University of Rochester Medical Center opened the $61 million James P. Wilmot Cancer Center in Rochester, N.Y., in May of 2008. The four-story, 164,000-sf facility features the Radiation Oncology Treatment Center with five linear accelerator systems a...
 5.23.08



Pima County Constructs Psychiatric Hospital and Recovery Center

DATELINE Tucson, Ariz.
Pima County has selected Gilbane Building Company to build two psychiatric facilities in Tucson. The 144,042-sf Psychiatric Hospital will house 80 to 100 inpatient acute care beds, psychiatric urgent and emergent care, psychiatric court hearing rooms, and...
 5.23.08



Froedtert Hospital Dedicates Cancer Center

DATELINE Milwaukee
Froedtert Hospital, the academic medical center of the Medical College of Wisconsin, dedicated its $95 million cancer center in Milwaukee in May of 2008. The 173,000-sf patient-centered facility will accommodate multi-disciplinary teams of doctors and hea...
 5.23.08



University of Texas Medical Branch Plans Specialty Medical Center

DATELINE League City, Texas
The University of Texas Medical Branch will construct a $61 million specialty medical center in League City, Texas. Sited on 35 acres, the two-story, 110,000-sf facility will offer adult and pediatric care, outpatient surgery, advanced imaging, and pediat...
 5.23.08



Utah Breaks Ground on Unified State Lab

DATELINE Taylorsville, Utah
The State of Utah broke ground on the 81,000-sf Unified State Lab in Taylorsville in May of 2008. The hazard preparedness facility will house laboratories for air, water and soil testing; infectious disease testing; chemical and bioterrorism preparedness;...
 5.23.08



Gehl Company Builds New Headquarters and Research Center

DATELINE West Bend, Wis.
Gehl Company broke ground in early May of 2008 on a new $20 million headquarters and R&D center in West Bend, Wis.  Slated for completion in summer of 2009, the two-story headquarters will feature an open office design and use of natural and ener...
 5.23.08



ISIS Constructs Oxfordshire Neutron Source

DATELINE Didcot, United Kingdom
ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source is constructing the Second Target Station Project at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot in the United Kingdom. The £145 million neutron source facility will house research in soft matter, advanced materi...
 5.23.08



Fort Valley State University Constructs Science and Biotechnology Buildings

DATELINE Fort Valley, Ga.
Fort Valley State University will initiate construction in July of 2008 on a $3.1 million biotechnology center in Fort Valley, Ga.  Housing four labs and a 100-seat lecture hall, the 8,000-sf facility is slated for completion by June of 2009. The pro...
 5.23.08



Texas A&M University at Galveston Breaks Ground on Science Complex

DATELINE Galveston, Texas
Texas A&M University at Galveston broke ground in May of 2008 on the 100,000-sf Science Complex on its Mitchell campus on Pelican Island. Construction will begin in summer of 2008 on the $53.2 million teaching and research complex; completion is slate...
 5.23.08



University of Chicago Plans Mansueto Library

DATELINE Chicago
The University of Chicago will begin building the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library in Chicago in summer of 2008. Designed by architectural firm Murphy/Jahn, the partially underground facility will feature a glass dome and storage for the University’s e...
 5.23.08



University of Louisville Builds Clinical and Translational Research Building

DATELINE LOUISVILLE, KY.
The University of Louisville is constructing the 150,000-sf Clinical and Translational Research Building on its Health Sciences Campus in downtown Louisville, Ky. The $143.1 million facility broke ground in February of 2006 and is slated for completion in...
 5.23.08



Naval Facilities Engineering Command Builds Littoral Warfare Facility

DATELINE Panama City, Fla.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast has awarded Harry Pepper & Associates of Jacksonville, Fla., a $12.5 million contract to design and build the Littoral Warfare Systems Facility in Panama City. The two-story R&D facility will...
 5.23.08



AREVA Plans Bonneville Uranium Enrichment Plant

DATELINE Bonneville County, Idaho
AREVA is planning to build a $2 billion uranium enrichment plant in Bonneville County, Idaho. AREVA, based in France, will build the facility near Idaho National Laboratory on a site 18 miles west of Idaho Falls. The plant, which will employ 250 staff, wi...
 5.23.08



National Interagency Biodefense Campus Completes Central Utility Plant

DATELINE Frederick, Md.
The National Interagency Biodefense Campus (NIBC) has completed construction of a $100 million central utility plant at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. The project provides continuous steam, chilled water, electricity, and standby emergency power for...
 5.23.08



University of Minnesota Develops Research Facilities

DATELINE Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota is developing a $292 million biomedical research park in Minneapolis. The project includes the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, slated for completion in summer of 2010; the Cancer Biomedical Research and the Lillehei Bio...
 5.23.08



University of Virginia Dedicates McIntire School of Commerce

DATELINE Charlottesville, Va.
The University of Virginia dedicated the McIntire School of Commerce in Charlottesville in May of 2008. Construction manager Gilbane Building Company partnered with architect Hartman-Cox on the 138,000-sf construction/renovation project which included a 1...
 5.20.08



Kumho Constructs South Korea R&D Center

DATELINE Young-In, South Korea
Kumho Tires broke ground on a 34,843-sm research and development center in Young-In, South Korea, in May of 2008. The $68 million facility will serve as the company’s global R&D hub and will house chemistry labs and advanced product testing tech...
 5.20.08



Yeshiva University's Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine Nears Completion

DATELINE New York
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University will open the $200 million Michael F. Price Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine on its Bronx campus in New York in June of 2008. The 201,000-sf, five-story facility is located in the Haro...
 5.16.08



Paris Sorbonne University Creates Abu Dhabi Campus

DATELINE Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Paris Sorbonne University is developing a campus on a greenfield site on Al Reem Island in Abu Dhabi. The Al Habtoor Leighton Group, in joint venture with Murray and Roberts, has been awarded a $350 million contract to design and construct the project for...
 5.16.08



Mayo Clinic Dedicates Wendel Musculoskeletal Center

DATELINE Rochester, Minn.
The Mayo Clinic dedicated the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Center in May of 2008. The 245,000-sf center houses 57 examination rooms, eight outpatient operating rooms, four image-guided injection rooms, and a rehabilitation/physical medicine center. ...
 5.15.08



Eli Lilly Dedicates Bioproduct Research and Development Laboratory

DATELINE Indianapolis, Ind.
Eli Lilly dedicated the Bioproduct Research and Development Laboratory in Indianapolis on May 12, 2008. The 475,000-sf, four-story facility will accommodate 500 scientists and staff in 33 labs engaged in biopharmaceutical research. The project represents ...
 5.12.08



University of New England Breaks Ground on Morgane Hall

DATELINE Biddeford, Maine
The University of New England celebrated the groundbreaking of Peter and Cecile Morgane Hall in Biddeford, Maine, on May 9, 2008. The academic facility will house undergraduate classrooms and teaching labs for biology and chemistry. Occupancy is slated fo...
 5.9.08



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



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



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



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



California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Funds Stem Cell Facilities

DATELINE San Francisco
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $267 million for the construction of 12 stem cell research facilities on May 7, 2008. Supported by institutional and philanthropic financing, a total of $832 million in stem cell research f...
 5.7.08



TRUMPF Opens Farmington Laser Facility

DATELINE Farmington, Conn.
TRUMPF Inc. opened its 86,000-sf Laser Innovation & Technical Excellence (LITE) Building on April 30, 2008 in Farmington, Conn.  The $29 million research and development facility features a 55,200-sf production hall and a 6,000-sf, Class 10,000 m...
 5.6.08



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



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



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



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



Covance Completes Chandler Animal Laboratory

DATELINE CHANDLER, ARIZ.
Covance celebrated the completion of its 288,000-sf animal testing laboratory in Chandler, Ariz., on May 1, 2008. The $100 million facility broke ground in June of 2007 and includes animal housing, five laboratories, a 100-seat auditorium, an animal care ...
 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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