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East Texas Medical Center Opens Pittsburgh Hospital
Construction of the 100,000-sf East Texas Medical Center-Pittsburg was completed in September of 2009. Featuring a nuclear medicine suite and 16 physician clinics, the acute-care hospital includes emergency, laboratory, surgery, and imaging departments. A 25-bed nursing unit includes four monitored intermediate care units and 21 medical-surgical private patient rooms. Construction began on the facility, which is designated as a Level IV Trauma Center, in November of 2007.
Buffalo State College Builds Science and Mathematics Complex
Buffalo State College broke ground on the $110 million Science and Mathematics Complex in September of 2009. The two-phase project includes renovation of an existing facility and construction of a 96,000-sf addition housing teaching and research labs, offices, and instrumentation space. The completed facility will also include an atrium, an imaging suite, a planetarium, and greenhouses. The Science and Mathematics Complex will house the departments of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and earth sciences.
Washington University in St. Louis Opens Nano Research Facility
Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) officially opened the $8 million Nano Research Facility and Center for Materials Innovation in September of 2009. Part of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, the facility includes four laboratories: a micro and nano-fabrication lab, a surface characterization lab, a particle technology lab, and a bio-imaging lab. The fabrication lab features Class 100, Class 1,000, and Class 10,000 cleanrooms.
Sharp Grossmont Hospital Opens Patient Tower
Sharp Grossmont Hospital opened its $41 million critical care tower in September of 2009 in La Mesa, Calif. The five-story, 90-bed facility houses a 24-bed ICU, 33 critical care beds, isolation rooms, and an emergency department. Sharp Grossmont Hospital is also planning to construct an $107 million diagnosis and treatment center; occupancy is slated for June of 2013. A $50 million modernization of the hospital's energy plant and a $34 million renovation of the hospital's East Tower are both expected to reach completion in 2012.
Ceva Biomune Builds Poultry Vaccine Plant
Ceva Biomune will construct a $15 million poultry vaccine production facility in Lenexa, Kan. The two-story, 53,000-sf facility is expected to commence operations in the third quarter of 2010. The facility will enable Ceva to dramatically increase vaccine production to support a healthy poultry industry.