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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 February 2009

NIH Funding Supports Facility Construction and Renovation

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
The National Institutes of Health was awarded a 36 percent increase in annual funding as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. The NIH will receive $10.4 billion in addition to its existing annual budget of $29 billion. The new fun...
 2.27.09



Gold Coast University Hospital Breaks Ground in Molendinar

DATELINE Molendinar, Queensland, Australia
Gold Coast University Hospital broke ground in February of 2009 on its $1.55 billion healthcare facility Molendinar, Queensland, Australia. The 10-story teaching and research hospital will be comprised of two towers providing 750 beds. The sustainably des...
 2.27.09



Oklahoma State University Breaks Ground on Forensic Sciences & Biomedical Research Facility

DATELINE Tulsa, Okla.
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences broke ground on the $38.7 million Forensic Sciences and Biomedical Research Facility in Tulsa in February of 2009. Created in partnership with the City of Tulsa, the five-story, 160,000-sf building will...
 2.27.09



Nemours Children's Hospital Builds Lake Nona Facility

DATELINE Orlando
Nemours Children’s Hospital broke ground on its $400 million facility in the Lake Nona area of Orlando in February of 2009. The 62,000-sf, 95-bed pediatric hospital will include an emergency department, ambulatory care, and research facilities. Occu...
 2.27.09



St. Mary's Hospital Constructs Patient Tower

DATELINE Grand Junction, Colo.
St. Mary’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center is constructing a 434,000-sf patient tower in Grand Junction, Colo. Housing surgical suites and inpatient care, the addition is slated for completion in late 2010. The patient tower is part of the $276...
 2.26.09



UC Davis Plans Wine and Food Science Research Center

DATELINE Davis, Calif.
The University of California, Davis is planning to construct the Research and Teaching Winery and August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory in Davis, Calif. Part of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, the 34,000-sf facili...
 2.26.09



Albany State University Plans Ray Charles Fine Arts Building

DATELINE Albany, Ga.
Albany State University is planning to build the 90,000-sf Ray Charles Fine Arts Building in Albany, Ga. The $26 million building will include a 600-seat auditorium, a 200-seat recital hall, television and radio studios, theaters, art studios, galleries, ...
 2.26.09



Presbyterian College Constructs School of Pharmacy

DATELINE CLINTON, S.C.
Presbyterian College will begin renovating a 50,000-sf facility in Clinton, S.C., in April of 2009 to house its School of Pharmacy. The completed Frampton Hall will house two auditoriums, five classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, faculty and ad...
 2.25.09



CDC Builds Fort Collins Biocontainment Labs

DATELINE Fort Collins, Colo.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have initiated construction on a $14 million laboratory project in Fort Collins, Colo. Located in shell space on the fourth floor of the CDC’s existing facility, the facility will house moderate t...
 2.25.09



Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Dedicates Academic Center

DATELINE HARRISBURG, Pa.
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology dedicated its $73 million Academic Center in February of 2009. The 371,000-sf, 16-story facility will support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education with 24 technology-rich classrooms, t...
 2.25.09



University of Colorado at Boulder Plans Aerospace and Energy Systems Building

DATELINE Boulder, Colo.
The University of Colorado at Boulder is planning to construct the $40 million Aerospace and Energy Systems Building. The facility will house research clusters for earth sciences, sensing, space science and technology, and unmanned aircraft system design ...
 2.25.09



Valeritas Expands Shrewsbury Lab

DATELINE Shrewsbury, N.J.
Medical technology company Valeritas is engaged in an expansion of its laboratory facility in Shrewsbury, N.J. The expansion will add 2,000 sf of cleanroom and R&D space to Valeritas’ 21,000-sf facility. The construction manager for the project ...
 2.24.09



PortaFab Creates Modular Cleanroom System

DATELINE Chesterfield, Mo.
PortaFab, a manufacturer of pre-engineered modular building systems, introduced the PharmaSystem cleanroom wall and ceiling solution in February of 2009. Providing an aseptic wall and ceiling system for new or renovated facilities, PharmaSystem utilizes a...
 2.24.09



East Texas Medical Center Builds Pittsburg Hospital

DATELINE Pittsburg, Texas
East Texas Medical Center-Pittsburg’s $38 million replacement hospital is slated for completion in fall of 2009. The 100,000-sf facility will feature advanced a trauma center, MRI and CT imaging, an expanded emergency department, private rooms, surg...
 2.23.09



Florida Hospital MMC Builds Daytona Beach Facility

DATELINE Daytona Beach, Fla.
Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center’s $270 million facility is slated for completion in July of 2009. The 12-story, 718,000-sf replacement hospital is hurricane resistant in winds up to 150mph. Robins & Morton Group is the general contracto...
 2.23.09



Millipore Opens Singapore Facility

DATELINE Buona Vista, Singapore
Millipore opened the 8,000-sf Biomanufacturing Sciences and Training Center (BSTC) in Singapore in February of 2009. Located in Science Park in Buona Vista, the facility will provide training and support for Millipore’s biopharmaceutical customers i...
 2.20.09



Texas Tech University Health Center Plans Research Facility

DATELINE El Paso, Texas
Texas Tech University Health Center is planning to construct the 150,000-sf Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso, Texas. The $65 million facility will support research in cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity, and diabetes....
 2.20.09



American Recovery and Investment Act Supports Research and Facilities

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
The American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Barrack Obama on February 17, 2009. The $787 billion stimulus package includes $2 billion for the Department of Energy Office of Science, including National Laboratories. Th...
 2.20.09



Swansea University Plans Centre for NanoHealth

DATELINE Swansea, Wales, UK
Swansea University is planning to construct the £21.6 million Centre for NanoHealth on its Singleton campus in Swansea in the United Kingdom. Supported by £10 million in funding from the Convergence European Regional Development Fund, the inte...
 2.19.09



Catholic Healthcare West Completes Bakersfield Expansion

DATELINE Bakersfield, Calif.
Catholic Healthcare West completed a 70,000-sf expansion of Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in February of 2009. Comprised of a new five-story tower, the facility adds 114 private patient rooms as well as space for intensive care and labor and delivery. The...
 2.19.09



Gallaudet University Opens Molecular Genetics Laboratory

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
Gallaudet University celebrated the opening of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory in Washington, D.C., in February of 2009. The building will provide research space for the departments of biology and chemistry and is specifically designed for deaf research...
 2.19.09



Johannes Gutenberg University Creates Excellence Center for Life Sciences

DATELINE Mainz, Germany
Johannes Gutenberg University is planning to construct the €30 million Excellence Center for Life Sciences in Mainz, Germany. The 6,000-sm project will receive €100 million for operational support over ten years from Boehringer Ingelheim Foundat...
 2.18.09



University of Nevada Builds Out Shadow Lane Biomedical Facility

DATELINE Las Vegas
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas initiated the interior build-out of the Shadow Lane Biomedical Facility in January of 2009. Designed by SmithGroup of Phoenix with McCarthy as general contractor, the build-out includes modifying 31,200-sf of existing s...
 2.18.09



Union College Plans Wold Science and Engineering Center

DATELINE SCHENECTADY, N.Y.
Union College is planning to construct the $18 million Peter Irving Wold Science and Engineering Center in Schenectady, N.Y. The three-story, 35,000-sf facility will house labs and classrooms for biochemistry, environmental science, engineering, and energ...
 2.18.09



Oxford University Opens Jenner Institute Vaccine Laboratories

DATELINE Oxford, United Kingdom
The University of Oxford opened the £5 million Jenner Institute Laboratories in February of 2009 in the United Kingdom. The facility features laboratories for vaccine research and development for diseases including malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and bi...
 2.17.09



College of William and Mary Renovates Physics Laboratory

DATELINE Williamsburg, Va.
The College of William and Mary is engaged in a $25 million renovation and expansion of the William Small Physical Laboratory in Williamsburg, Va. Adding two new wings, the project will increase research lab space in the existing 67,000-sf facility from 1...
 2.16.09



Kellogg Company Expands Institute for Food and Nutrition Research

DATELINE Battle Creek, Mich.
Kellogg Company is engaged in a $54 million expansion of the W.K. Kellogg Institute for Food and Nutrition Research in Battle Creek, Mich. Slated for completion in fall of 2009, the expanded facility will encompass 400,000-sf of laboratory, office, and pi...
 2.16.09



Northern Inyo Hospital Expands Bishop Facility

DATELINE Bishop, Calif.
Northern Inyo Hospital has selected Turner Construction to manage a $42 million expansion of its healthcare facility in Bishop, Calif. The project represents the second expansion phase at the hospital and will commence in March of 2009. Completion is slat...
 2.16.09



State of Mississippi Breaks Ground on Public Health Lab

DATELINE Jackson, Miss.
The Mississippi State Department of Health officially broke ground on its $25 million Public Health Laboratory in Jackson in February of 2009. The 60,000-sf facility is slated for completion in September of 2010 and will house laboratories for the identif...
 2.16.09



Novartis Plans Flu Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities

DATELINE Holly Springs, N.C.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Novartis a $486 million contract in early 2009 to build pandemic flu vaccine manufacturing facilities in Holly Springs, N.C. The funding will support the design, construction, and validation of flu ...
 2.13.09



UNC Charlotte Plans Energy Production and Infrastructure Center

DATELINE Charlotte, N.C.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is planning to construct the $76 million Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) on the Charlotte Research Institute campus. Designed by Narmour Wright Creech Architects, the 200,000-sf collaborativ...
 2.13.09



UC Irvine Dedicates Academic Medical Center

DATELINE ORANGE, CALIF.
The University of California, Irvine will dedicate the 482,428-sf University Hospital in Orange, Calif., in March of 2009. The $393 million academic medical center provides 191 beds as well as research and training facilities for the UCI School of Medicin...
 2.12.09



Daemen College Opens Research & Information Commons

DATELINE Amherst, N.Y.
Daemen College opened the $15 million Research & Information Commons in January of 2009 in Amherst, N.Y. The 45,000-sf building is comprised of a technology-rich library and instructional facilities. Sustainable design features of the project include ...
 2.12.09



University Campus Suffolk Breaks Ground on Ipswich Expansion

DATELINE Ipswich, United Kingdom
University Campus Suffolk broke ground in January of 2009 on the University Quay development in Ipswich, U.K. The project includes two dormitories and an academic building housing the Faculty of Health, Wellbeing and Science; instructional facilities; a l...
 2.12.09



Dell Children's Medical Center Attains LEED Platinum

DATELINE Austin, Texas
Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas was awarded LEED Platinum certification for sustainable design in January of 2009. The $200 million facility is sited on a 32-acre brownfield site in Austin that required extensive remediation. The pro...
 2.11.09



Intel Upgrades Chandler Fab

DATELINE Chandler, Ariz.
Intel is investing $3 billion to renovate its chip fabrication facilities in Chandler, Ariz. The project will combine two buildings, Fab 22 and Fab 32, to create an upgraded facility for the manufacture of 32-nanometer chips. The project is expected to re...
 2.11.09



University of Virginia Medical Center Builds LTACH

DATELINE Charlottesville, Va.
The University of Virginia Medical Center began construction in January of 2009 on a $22 million long-term acute care hospital Charlottesville. The 64,000-sf, 40-bed facility is slated for completion in spring of 2010 and will house patients needing care ...
 2.11.09



St. Cloud State University Opens Wick Science Building

DATELINE ST. CLOUD, MINN.
St. Cloud State University opened the $15 million Robert H. Wick Science Building in St. Cloud, Minn., in January of 2009. The 36,000-sf addition houses classrooms and laboratories for chemistry and biology. Labs feature individual fume foods and distille...
 2.10.09



USAMRIID Initiates Select Agent Inventory Assessment

DATELINE Fort Detrick, Md.
The United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) temporarily suspended research at its Fort Detrick laboratory in early 2009 to perform a select agent inventory assessment. The inventory review will involve locating eve...
 2.10.09



Henry Ford Health Care Completes West Bloomfield Hospital

DATELINE WEST BLOOMFIELD, MICH.
Henry Ford Health Care will open the $360 million West Bloomfield Hospital in Michigan on March 15, 2009. The four-story, 733,000-sf facility will provide 192 private, sound-insulated patient rooms as well as robotic surgery and MRI, PET, and CT imaging t...
 2.10.09



Roche Builds Basel R&D Facility

DATELINE Basel, Switzerland
Roche is constructing a new pharmaceutical R&D facility in Basel, Switzerland. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, Building 97 represents an investment of 250 million Swiss francs and is comprised of two wings reaching five and nine stories high with ...
 2.9.09



Silver Cross Hospital Breaks Ground on Joliet Facility

DATELINE JOLIET, Ill.
Silver Cross Hospital broke ground in January of 2009 on a $400 million replacement facility in Joliet, Ill. Designed by RTKL, the 560,000-sf patient-centric hospital features 289 private rooms that are acuity adaptable for intermediate care and in-room p...
 2.9.09



Napier University Constructs Sighthill Campus

DATELINE Edinburgh, Scotland
Napier University began construction in January of 2009 on the Sighthill Campus for health, life, and social sciences in Edinburgh, Scotland. The facility is being built by contractor Balfour Beatty and features a central atrium, lecture halls, classrooms...
 2.9.09



Lourdes Health System Breaks Ground on Replacement Hospital

DATELINE Lafayette, La.
Lourdes Health System broke ground on the $211 million Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, La., in December of 2009. The six-story, 396,000-sf replacement hospital is slated for completion in July of 2011. Initially housing 164 beds,...
 2.9.09



Drawbase and PeopleCube Provide Integrated FM Solution

DATELINE Randolph, N.J.
Drawbase Software has entered a strategic partnership with PeopleCube to provide an integrated resource scheduling and facilities management solution. Drawbase’s workplace and resource management suite will align with PeopleCube’s web-based en...
 2.9.09



Scottish Agricultural College Opens £1.3M Beef Research Center

DATELINE Easter Howgate, Scotland
The Scottish Agricultural College opened a £1.3 million beef research center near Edinburgh in Easter Howgate in February of 2009. Funded in part by the Scottish Government, the 3,000-sm facility can house up to 500 bovines. Designed for flexibility...
 2.6.09



Rice University Plans Brockman Hall for Physics

DATELINE Houston
Rice University will initiate construction in 2009 on the 111,000-sf Brockman Hall for Physics in Houston. Housing vibration- and noise- controlled laboratories, the facility will support research in fundamental and applied physics. The building will be s...
 2.6.09



Universities Seize Opportunity to Recruit Faculty

DATELINE Boston
Many universities are leveraging current economic challenges to recruit highly skilled faculty and researchers. Northeastern University in Boston is engaged in a search for 46 professors in a wide range of disciplines, and Tufts University seeks to fill 5...
 2.6.09



University of Massachusetts Opens Integrated Sciences Building

DATELINE Amherst, Mass.
The University of Massachusetts completed the $92 million Integrated Sciences Building in January of 2009. Supporting instruction in chemistry, biology, and animal science, the four-story, 155,000-gsf facility includes teaching and research laboratories, ...
 2.5.09



UK Higher Education Construction Continues

DATELINE United Kingdom
Construction of college and university facilities in the United Kingdom is continuing unchecked in a move to gain the leading edge in the global technology and education market. Newcastle University is planning £200 million in construction over the ...
 2.5.09



Shovel-Ready Projects Eligible for Economic Stimulus Package Funding

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
Funding from the proposed $900 billion economic stimulus package, which may be approved in February of 2009, will be awarded to “shovel-ready” construction projects. Municipal and educational institutions will compete for the funding, which wo...
 2.5.09



University of Ulster Initiates £250M Expansion

DATELINE Ulster, Northern Ireland, U.K.
The University of Ulster will invest £250 million to expand and renovate its four campuses in Northern Ireland. The project includes construction of a new landmark facility in Belfast, expansion of academic facilities in Derry, and development of a ...
 2.4.09



NIST Breaks Ground on Boulder Laboratory

DATELINE Boulder, Colo.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began construction on a 120,000-sf laboratory in Boulder, Colo., in early February of 2009. Providing 58,000 net assignable square feet  laboratory space, the facility represents an expansion ...
 2.4.09



Bayer Constructs Carbon Nanotube Plant

DATELINE Leverkusen, Germany
Bayer MaterialScience initiated construction in January of 2009 on a €22 million carbon nanotube manufacturing plant at its headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany. The catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) plant will be the largest facility of its ...
 2.4.09



University of Minnesota-Duluth Constructs Civil Engineering Building

DATELINE DULUTH, MINN.
The University of Minnesota-Duluth is constructing the $15 million Civil Engineering Building in Duluth, Minn. Construction began in July of 2008 with occupancy expected in fall of 2010. The 34,000-gsf facility will house teaching and research laboratorie...
 2.3.09



Pennsylvania State University Plans BSL-3 Facility

DATELINE University Park, Pa.
Pennsylvania State University is planning to construct a BSL-3 laboratory on its University Park campus. The 15,000-sf facility will support biodefense, agricultural, and zoonotic research, enabling the university to compete for federal funding supporting...
 2.3.09



Western University of Health Sciences Constructs Academic Facility

DATELINE POMONA, Calif.
Western University of Health Sciences is constructing the 180,000-sf Health Education Center in Pomona, Calif. Slated for completion in January of 2010, the four-story building will include two 350-seat auditoriums, six 125-seat classrooms, 50 meeting roo...
 2.3.09



Queensway Carleton Hospital Builds Cancer Center

DATELINE OTTAWA, ON, Canada
Queensway Carleton Hospital is building a four-story cancer center in Ottawa, Canada. Housing two clinics, three radiation treatment machines, and 33 chemotherapy spaces, the project began construction in early 2008 and is slated for completion in fall of...
 2.2.09



Virtua Health Builds Voorhees Hospital

DATELINE Voorhees, N.J.
Virtua Health is building a $323 million replacement hospital in Voorhees, N.J. The 690,000-sf project is comprised of an eight-story, 364,000-sf inpatient facility housing 360 beds and a five-story, 298,000-sf support services building. The hospital feat...
 2.2.09



Princeton Healthcare Builds Plainsboro Medical Center

DATELINE Plainsboro Township, N.J.
Princeton Healthcare System has selected Turner Construction Company to construct a $441 million replacement hospital for University Medical Center of Princeton in Plainsboro Township, N.J. The 636,000-sf, 269-bed facility will feature private rooms, 10 s...
 2.2.09



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