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John Muir Medical Center Constructs Patient Care Tower
John Muir Medical Center is building the Thomas J. and Muriel T. Long Patient Care Tower in Walnut Creek, Calif. The five-story, 380,000-sf facility was designed by Ratcliff of Emeryville, Calif., with ARUP as structural engineer. The 242-bed facility was constructed to meet rigorous seismic requirements and features six rooftop healing gardens, private patient rooms, a 24-bed ICU, three surgical suites, and a 35-bed neonatal ICU.
Victoria Hospital Builds Cancer Research Center
Victoria Hospital began construction in fall of 2008 on a $4 million cancer research center in London, Ontario. Sited on the third floor of the Victoria Research Laboratories adjacent to Victoria Hospital’s cancer center, the 8,300-sf Gerald C. Baines Centre for Translational Research will house clinical research facilities, interdisciplinary research space, and an imaging laboratory. Completion is expected by early 2010.
University of Edinburgh Breaks Ground on Biomedical Research Building
The University of Edinburgh broke ground on a £58 million biomedical research center in December of 2008. Located on the University’s Easter Bush campus in Roslin, U.K., the project will house laboratories and offices for research in genetics, developmental biology, neuroscience, immunology, infectious diseases, and animal sciences. The facility is slated for completion in 2011 and will be complemented by a new veterinary teaching building and small animal hospital. The project architect is CUH2A.
Methodist Hospital Builds West Houston Facility
Methodist Hospital System is building a 192-bed hospital in west Houston. The facility will include 14 operating rooms, radiation therapy, emergency, women’s services, and labor and delivery. The Methodist Imaging Center will feature a 64-slice CT scanner, PET/CT, and two MRIs. The hospital will also house centers of excellence in cancer, cardiac care, and orthopedics for Texas Medical Center.
UC Berkeley Develops Center for Integrated Precision and Quantum Measurement
The University of California, Berkeley received $10.98 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in November of 2008 to fund the construction of the Center for Integrated Precision and Quantum Measurement (CIPQM). The 10,000-sf underground facility will be located in the planned New Campbell Hall and will provide 10 to 15 modular laboratories for multidisciplinary precision measurement research. Construction on the low-vibration, low-noise, and low-EMI facility is expected to begin in 2010.