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Tacoma General Hospital Opens Cardiac Center
Tacoma General Hospital opened its $22.1 million cardiac center in November of 2008 in Tacoma, Wash. The 37,240-sf facility provides consolidated cardiac care with prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in a single location. Housing an intensive care unit, imaging, stress testing, and surgery, the comprehensive heart center features all private rooms.
AFRL Opens Facility for Innovative Research in Structures Technology
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Air Vehicles Directorate celebrated the opening of the $3 million Facility for Innovative Research in Structures Technology (FIRST) in November of 2008. Located in Building 65 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, FIRST will support engineering and research on the structure and thermal envelopes of air vehicles. Laboratory amenities include compressed air, water, argon gas, nitrogen gas, and liquid nitrogen. Construction began on the project in 2007.
Siemens Healthcare Completes Diagnostic Reagent Facility Expansion
Siemens Healthcare completed an 115,000-sf expansion of its Diagnostic Reagent Facility in East Walpole, Mass., in November of 2008. Comprised of manufacturing and warehouse facilities, the project was finished by Columbia Construction three months ahead of schedule. The sustainably-designed expansion features an energy-efficient roof, light sensors, high-efficiency equipment motors, and a water recharge system.
Tulane University Opens Regional Biosafety Laboratory
Tulane University opened its $27.5 million Regional Biosafety Laboratory at the National Primate Research Center on December 5, 2008. Located in Covington, La., the 38,000-sf BSL-3 facility supports research on infectious diseases and airborne contaminants. The laboratory will house approximately 180 monkeys when research operations begin in summer of 2009.
DuPont Completes Integrated Knowledge Center
DuPont opened the DuPont Knowledge Center in Hyderabad, India, in November of 2008. The $30 million facility houses laboratories for biotechnology, materials research, engineering design, and applications development. The project broke ground in summer of 2007 and can accommodate up to 600 scientists and staff. Housing basic research, bioinformatics, product development, and patent services, the Knowledge Center will support DuPont’s industrial and plant biotechnology operations in the Asia Pacific region.