Industry News

The University of British Columbia will begin construction in mid-2010 on the $75 million Earth Systems Science Building in Vancouver. Funded by $37.5 million from the Government of British Columbia, the 14,570-sm facility will house technology-rich teaching and research labs, classrooms, lecture halls, seminar rooms, and a museum.

Morton Plant North Bay Hospital is building the Starkey Medical Tower in New Port Richey, Fla. Featuring entirely private rooms, the three-story inpatient facility will include a cardiac unit, a medical surgical unit, an intensive care unit, and a respiratory care department. Completion is slated for early 2010. The new patient wing is part of a $49 million expansion and renovation project that will double the size of the existing hospital campus.

The U.S. Mission to the United Nations completed construction and installation of an innovative chiller system based on magnetic levitation technology in April of 2009. Designed to cut costs and reduce carbon emissions, the MagLev™ chiller runs on a virtually friction-free compressor which eliminates heat and reduces energy consumption. The chiller was designed and manufactured by Multistack and installed by Martinez International.

NanoLogix began construction on a manufacturing facility for bacteria and pathogen test kits in April of 2009. Located at NanoLogix’s headquarters in Hubbard, Ohio, the 2,800-sf project will include a production cleanroom and a cold storage vault. The BNP™ Ultra-Fast test kits will be used to detect agents such as anthrax, bubonic plague, e-coli, salmonella, listeria, and enterobacter.

Belfast Metropolitan College broke ground on the £44 million Titanic Quarter campus in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in April of 2009. The general contractor for the 20,000-sm facility is Ballymena-based Patton Construction with Ivywood Colleges as project developer. Completion is slated for August of 2011.