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Construction Continues on University of Oklahoma Health Center
The University of Oklahoma Health Center is under construction in Oklahoma City. Five projects totaling $534 million are under way on the 325-acre campus. New construction includes the OU Children’s Physician Building and the Cancer Institute. Additions are being built to the existing Oklahoma Blood Institute, the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation facilities.
Yongye Expands R&D Center
Yongye International, a maker of plant and animal nutrient products, has completed an expansion of its R&D center in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. The project included construction of six greenhouses totaling 6,000-sm and creation of an open testing field. The expansion will support development of crop nutrients based on fulvic acid.
University of Teesside Constructs Centuria South Building
The University of Teesside is planning to construct the £11m Centuria South Building in Teesside in the United Kingdom. Designed by CPMG Architects, the 4,200-sm facility will be built by contractor Morgan Ashurst with Shepherd Engineering Services as mechanical and electrical engineer. The four-story building will house instructional facilities for dentistry and sports therapy and will include laboratories, therapy suites, classrooms, and academic offices. Completion is expected in April of 2010.
UCLA Builds Life Sciences Building
The University of California, Los Angeles is building the 175,000-sf Life Sciences Building on its Westwood campus. Replacing the existing life sciences facility, the $155 million building will house the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology; the Department of Physiological Science; and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Comprised of two separate five-story wings connected by a basement, the facility will provide wet and dry research labs, a plant growth lab, and vivarium space. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
Norton Healthcare Opens Acute Care Hospital
Norton Healthcare opened the $146 million Norton Brownsboro Hospital in August of 2009. Located in Brownsboro, Ky., the patient-centered facility houses diagnostic imaging (including MRI and CT), an emergency department, surgical suites, and private inpatient rooms. The facility was designed by Karlsberger Architecture.