40,000 Cages in 74,000 GSF
Initially spurred by a relatively modest need to double existing rodent housing, the Biology Research Infrastructure (BRI) building currently under construction at Harvard University will leapfrog over the minimum required capacity to provide a 40,000-cage vivarium upon completion in fall 2005.

A Post-Occupancy Review of Lessons Learned
Duffield Hall, a new three-story, $60-million, 155,000-sf interdisciplinary research and instructional center, recently opened its doors to researchers and students on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Lessons Learned at the Canadian Science Centre in Winnipeg
The Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health (CSCHAH) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a very unique facility.

Construction of the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health (CSCHAH) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, began in 1992. At the time, there were few active Level 4 facilities in existence: USDA's Plum Island Animal Disease Center (now run by the Department of Homeland Security) in New York, the CDC's Level 4 facility in Atlanta, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Fort Detrick, Md., the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, Victoria, and some others.

New Building Full of Innovation While Keeping to Fixed Budget
The new building housing Wayne State University's Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (APHS) typically elicits murmurs of admiration the first time visitors cross the threshold. Wood paneling in the entry, artwork hanging from the walls, and a balcony overlooking a lower-level main street are just a few of the features that regularly attract positive comments, according to APHS Dean Beverly Schmoll, Ph.D.