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CDC Contracts with SRA International for Select Agent Monitoring
The CDC’s Division of Select Agents and Toxins has awarded SRA International a $24.9 million contract to provide laboratory support services to the Select Agent Program. Awarded in September of 2008, the five-year contract is a recompete of work the company has supported since 2002 through the acquisition of Constella Group. Under the contract, SRA will continue to help CDC track the possession, use, and transfer of select agents in the U.S.
West Virginia Wesleyan College Builds Reemsnyder Research Center
West Virginia Wesleyan College is constructing the David E. Reemsnyder Research Center in Buckhannon, W.V. Slated for completion by year-end 2009, the 23,000-sf facility will be connected to the existing Christopher Hall of Science by a bridge walkway. Housing undergraduate teaching and research, the $8.7 million Reemsnyder Research Center will include classrooms, laboratories, offices, an animal care facility, an instrumentation room, a cold room, a prep room, and a tissue culture room. The general contractor is Arctecon Construction of Wexford, Pa.
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Constructs Academic Facility
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will begin construction on a 175,000-sf academic facility in September of 2009. Slated for completion by fall of 2011, the four-story building will house 31 classrooms, two 260-seat auditoriums, research laboratories, instructional computer labs, faculty offices, and conference rooms. Designed by Richard Dannhausen, the $62 million project will seek LEED Gold sustainable design certification.
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.
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.