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Rutgers Dedicates College of Nursing Facility
Rutgers University dedicated its nursing education building in New Brunswick, N.J., on March 30, 2009. The three-story, 18,000-sf facility houses classrooms, lecture halls, teaching labs, faculty offices, examination rooms, and research labs. The $25 million Rutgers Institute for Health and Healthcare Policy and Aging Research is also under construction at the site. The nursing building and the Institute are both located on land owned by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and leased by Rutgers.
Harvard Medical School Builds Dubai Facility
Harvard Medical School will build a 350,000-sf academic facility in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The building will serve as Harvard Medical School Dubai Center’s permanent home at Dubai Healthcare City. The facility will include a 340-seat auditorium, instructional facilities, and a simulation center for Harvard’s Institute for Postgraduate Education and Research. The general contractor for the project is Al Naboodah Construction Group.
Washington State University Plans School for Global Animal Health
Washington State University’s Board of Regents approved the schematic design for the $35 million School for Global Animal Health in Pullman, Wash., in late March of 2009. The 47,000-sf facility will be sited adjacent to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and will accommodate 12 to 15 scientists. Housing research laboratories for the study of zoonotic diseases, emerging pathogen detection, and vaccine development, the facility is funded in part by a $25 million donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Opens San Diego Research Facility
Ferring Pharmaceuticals opened its biopharmaceutical research facility in San Diego in April of 2009. Designed by Kornberg Associates, the 38,000-sf project transformed an existing single-story structure into a two-story laboratory and research office complex. The building includes a video conferencing room and an interstitial floor for HVAC equipment. Housing organic, peptide, and analytical chemistry labs, the facility features mobile workbenches and cabinets that connect to a horizontal utility umbilical for maximum flexibility.
Health Protection Agency Builds Influenza Research Center
The Health Protection Agency is constructing the £12 million Influenza Resource Centre (IRC) in Potters Bar in the United Kingdom. Part of the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, the laboratory will support influenza vaccine research and development, production, and standardization. Occupancy is expected in early 2010.