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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.
Marshall University Plans Applied Science Center
Marshall University is planning to construct the $50 million Applied Science Center in Huntington, W.V. The 140,000-sf facility will house the College of Information Technology and Engineering, the departments of mathematics and computational sciences, a modeling and digital imaging resource facility, and engineering and bioengineering research labs. Occupancy is expected in 2012.
DOD Uses Drawbase for Military Health System Management
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) awarded Drawbase Software a next phase contract in August of 2009 to expand the use of DRAWBASE within the Military Health System. Additionally, the next version of DRAWBASE will be implemented in the 2010 release of the DMLSS (Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support) system. Enabling data from many sources to be managed in a single repository, the integrated system will improve logistics responsiveness for DOD medical facilities.
U.S. Navy Initiates Guam Energy Renovations
The U.S. Navy awarded Johnson Controls a $34.1 million contract in August of 2009 to perform energy efficiency renovations at Apra Harbor Base in Guam. The project will cut use of electricity by 6.4mwh annually and create $1.7 million in annual savings. A large photovoltaic system will be installed, and HVAC and lighting systems will be upgraded. Johnson Controls’ Metasys building management system will also be implemented to integrate operations for the base’s 49 buildings.