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Siteman Cancer Center Builds Proton Radiation Facility
Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University are building the Kling Center for Proton Therapy at the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis. Featuring a $20 million miniature proton radiation system built on-site by Still River Systems, the facility will open in October of 2009. The Kling Center will be able to treat 200 patients annually.
Soitec SA Opens Singapore Wafer Fab
Soitec SA opened its 300-mm wafer fabrication plant in Singapore in November of 2008. Sited on 2.7 hectares at the company’s Pasir Ris campus, the facility houses 4,000-sm of cleanroom space. Construction of the €350 million project began in August of 2006. Soitec SA is a manufacturer of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers headquartered in Bernin, France.
University of Queensland Builds Mineral Characterisation Research Facility
The University of Queensland began construction in fall of 2008 on the $7 million Mineral Characterisation Research Facility (MCRF) in Brisbane, Australia. Located in the University's experimental mine at Indooroopilly, the project aims to boost metal production and reduce the use of mining electricity. The three-story facility is part of the Sustainable Minerals Institute and will accommodate research labs and office space for academic and industry partners. Completion is expected in mid-2009.
Institute for Business & Home Safety Builds Hazard Testing Facility
The Institute for Business & Home Safety will construct the $27 million Insurance Center for Building Safety Research in Chester, S.C. The complex will enable model structures to be tested in conditions resembling natural catastrophes to identify effective methods of minimizing risk and loss to homes and businesses. Sited on 90 acres, the multi-peril research campus will be able to subject commercial buildings and two-story houses to hazards such as hurricanes, hailstorms, and wild-blown fire.
University of Illinois Breaks Ground on Blue Waters Supercomputer Facility
The University of Illinois broke ground on the $72.5 million Petascale Computing Facility at the National Center for Super Computing Applications in Urbana-Champaign in November of 2008. The 95,000-sf Blue Waters Data Processing Center will include a command center, offices, loading docks, and a system administration center. A 20,000-sf water-cooled machine room with a six-foot raised floor will hold the IBM Blue Waters supercomputer and other systems.