Industry News

The University of Wisconsin-Madison completed the $12.5 million Institute for Influenza Viral Research in October of 2008. Located in the University Research Park in Madison, the 30,000-sf BSL-3 facility accommodates flu vaccine research for the School of Veterinary Medicine. The design-build contractor was ACS of Madison, Wis.

Honda R&D Americas will open its 11,000-sf marine engine research facility in Grant-Valkaria, Fla., in December of 2008. Supporting testing and product development for boat motors, the sustainably-designed facility will feature local and recycled construction materials, rainwater harvesting, passive heating, a wind-powered air conditioning system, and the use of biodiesel fuel.

SANYO Commercial Solutions introduced its newly redesigned MIR-154 and MIR-254 refrigerated incubators in October of 2008. Offering a wide variety of temperature range, humidity and lighting patterns, the MIR-154 and MIR-254 environmental test chambers enable studies to be accurately reproduced and controlled.

The Centers for Disease Control will initiate construction in January of 2009 on the second phase of the Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases facility in Fort Collins, Colo. The first 165,000-sf phase, representing 80 percent of the completed project, broke ground in August of 2004 and reached completion in May of 2007. Phase two is comprised of the completion of the fourth floor of the facility and is slated for completion in early 2010.

Firelands Regional Medical Center completed a $146 million renovation and expansion of its hospital in Sandusky, Ohio, in July of 2008. Designed by Harley Ellis Devereaux, the 364,000-sf project included six new construction and renovation projects. Harley Ellis Devereaux provided strategic planning, master planning, site planning, architectural, engineering, and interior design services. Gilbane Building Company was the general contractor.