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Silver Cross Hospital Breaks Ground on Joliet Facility
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 procedures. The facility features advanced surgical suites and cardiac catheterization labs. Completion is slated for fall of 2011.
Napier University Constructs Sighthill Campus
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, clinical skills laboratories, seminar rooms, and research facilities. The project is part of a £100 million expansion of Napier University’s facilities and is expected to open in fall of 2010.
Lourdes Health System Breaks Ground on Replacement Hospital
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, the facility is designed to expand to eight stories for a total of 332 beds in the future. The hospital will provide emergency, surgery, imaging, trauma, pharmacy, and laboratory services. Construction will begin on an adjacent 180,000-sf medical office building in 2009.
Drawbase and PeopleCube Provide Integrated FM Solution
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 enterprise scheduling platform, enabling businesses to drive down operating costs, maximize space and resource utilization, and minimize energy consumption. For more information, visit www.Drawbase.com and www.peoplecube.com.
Rice University Plans Brockman Hall for Physics
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 sited adjacent to George R. Brown Hall in the new Science Quadrangle and is slated for completion in December of 2010. Housing advanced instrumentation for precision measurement, the project will consolidate research faculty currently housed in five separate locations.