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Rush University Medical Center Constructs Sustainable Hospital
Rush University Medical Center is constructing a 300-bed, $575 million hospital in Chicago. Designed by Perkins+Will, the facility began construction in fall of 2008 and is slated for occupancy in 2012. LEED Gold certification for sustainable design will be sought for the new teaching hospital, which will feature energy efficient building systems and a green roof. The 14-story building will have a butterfly shape that expands outward at higher stories from a smaller rectangular base.
Harvard Builds Dubai Medical Simulation Center
Harvard Medical School Dubai Center (HMSDC) will open the Medical Simulation Center in Dubai in the first quarter of 2009. The 20,461-sf facility will provide a simulation environment for healthcare training in a facility housing an auditorium, teaching spaces, and a library. Including simulation operating rooms, intensive care units, emergency rooms, and ward rooms, the center will feature 6,000-sf for emergency medicine training.
University of Michigan Plans Law School and Data Center
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is engaged in a $102-million expansion of its law school. The project consists of the construction of a new 100,000-sf academic building and the expansion and renovation of existing facilities. Completion is expected in 2012. Additionally, the University will construct a 47,000-sf data center to support its health system operations. The $50.9 million facility is slated for completion in 2010. Both projects broke ground in mid-2008.
Centrotherm Constructs R&D Center
centrotherm photovoltaics is constructing a thin-film R&D center in Blaubeuren, Germany. Slated for completion by year-end 2008, the project will include a thin-film laboratory with leading edge analysis tools and pilot fabrication for CIGS lines. The facility will employ 20 staff members. Construction on the facility began in January of 2008.
Marquette University Plans College of Engineering
Marquette University is planning to construct the $100 million Discovery Learning Complex in Milwaukee. Housing the College of Engineering, the facility will be structured around 15 pods housing conjoined classrooms, faculty offices, and research labs in each grouping. The project will feature multidisciplinary labs for materials and structural testing, complex systems, mechatronics, visualization, neuromechanics, and biomedical imaging. A specialized energy workshop lab will focus on development of alternative energy resources.