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Al Fateh University has selected Hill International as construction manager for a $2 billion expansion of its campus in Tripoli, Libya. The project includes 18 million sf of new construction and expansion in 39 buildings, as well infrastructure improvements to existing facilities. Completion is slated for March of 2010.

Texas A&M University will begin construction in November of 2008 on a $13.1 million Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility in College Station. Housing NMR spectrometers, the building will support research for the University’s structural biology program. The project is expected to reach completion by May of 2010.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded the joint venture construction firm of Clark/Hunt a $364.9 million contract to build a 790,000-sf medical center in Las Vegas, Nev. Slated for completion by September 2011, the project will include 90 hospital beds, surgical suites, laboratories, nuclear medicine, and an MRI. The sustainably-designed hospital will provide inpatient care, ambulatory care, and mental health services. A separate nursing home and ancillary structures will also be built on the 150-acre campus.

Leibniz University is building the €14 million Nano and Quantum Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, Germany. The project includes 430 sm of chemical, measurement and laser laboratories; 509 sm of researcher workrooms; and a 410 sm cleanroom. The facility was designed by architect KSP Engel and Zimmerman. Completion is slated for summer of 2009.

William Paterson University broke ground on the renovation and expansion of Science Hall in Wayne, N.J., in September of 2008. Designed by the New York office of HOK, the multidisciplinary facility will house classrooms, laboratories, core facilities, administrative offices, assembly spaces, and a 2,200-sf research greenhouse. The project includes renovation of the existing 141,800-sf Science Hall and the construction of a 67,600-sf addition.