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NPR Manufacturing Opens Bardstown Plant
NPR Manufacturing opened its $48.7 million auto parts manufacturing plant in Bardstown, Ky., in November of 2008. The 200,000-sf facility will accommodate 150 workers. NPR Manufacturing Kentucky is a subsidiary of Japan-based Nippon Piston Ring Co. Ltd.
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Opens Brooklyn Laboratory
The International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) opened its 36,000-sf Vaccine Design and Development Laboratory in New York City in November of 2008. Located in Brooklyn, the translational research project will anchor a planned 500,000-sf bioscience industry complex in the redeveloped Brooklyn Army Terminal. IAVI’s Design Lab will support AIDS vaccine research and is affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center. The $17 million lab is designed to foster industry and academic collaboration and will accommodate 40 researchers.
McLaughlin Research Institute Upgrades Animal Facility
McLaughlin Research Institute is engaged in a $4.3 million expansion and renovation of its animal resource center at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences in Great Falls, Mont. The project includes the acquisition of individually ventilated cages and new cage washing and sterilization equipment. The two-story expansion will increase mouse vivarium space and will accommodate two additional biomedical research groups. A XYCLONE laser module will improve the production of gene-targeted mice to produce new mouse models for human diseases.
St. Luke's Hospital Opens Patient Care Tower II
St. Luke’s Hospital opened the 82,000-sf Patient Care Tower II in The Woodlands, Texas, in November of 2008. The four-story, 59-bed facility was designed by HGA (Hammel, Green and Abrahamson) and built by W. S. Bellows Construction Corporation. Featuring telemetry at every bed, the building includes facilities for surgery and intensive care services. The expansion brings the hospital’s footprint to 266,000-sf with a total of 144 beds. The Patient Care Tower II can be expanded with two additional floors in the future.
University of Maryland Replaces Aging Chillers
The University of Maryland is engaged in a $545,000 upgrade of three heating and cooling systems on its College Park campus. The project will reduce energy consumption by 55 percent and will replace aging chillers in three facilities: the Lab for Physical Sciences, the Animal Science Wing, and the Physics/Superconductivity Center.