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Spectrum Health Creates Blodgett Teaching Hospital
Spectrum Health broke ground in August of 2008 on a $98 million expansion of Blodgett Hospital in East Grand Rapids, Mich. The five-story, 140-room teaching hospital will include eight operating rooms and will provide inpatient care. Completion is slated for 2010.
Dartmouth University Builds Life Sciences Building
Dartmouth University is constructing a $93-million life sciences building on its Hanover, N.H., campus. Named the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center, the 174,000-sf sustainably designed facility broke ground in late fall of 2007 and is slated for completion in March of 2010. The complex will house 30 research labs, six teaching labs, three lecture halls, and two classrooms. Sustainable design features of the project include extensive use of natural light, storm water recycling, and a green roof over the auditorium.
McLaren Health Care Constructs Independence Township Campus
McLaren Health Care is constructing the McLaren Health Care Village in Independence Township, Mich. The first $100 million phase broke ground in July of 2007 and is slated for completion in spring of 2009. The 135,000-sf Clarkston Medical Group building, housing a 17,000-sf ambulatory surgery center, will be accompanied by the 32,000-sf Great Lakes Cancer Institute and a 10-acre healing garden.
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Dedicates Research Facility
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) dedicated its LEED-certified research facility in August of 2008 in Salisbury Cove, Maine. Doubling the footprint of MDIBL’s existing building, the 15,000-sf facility houses the Morris Center for the Environment and Human Health, the Boylan Center for Cellular and Molecular Physiology, the Marine DNA Sequencing and Analysis Facility, laboratory space for six research groups, and a teaching lab. The construction manager for the $7.1 million project was Nickerson and O’Day of Bangor.
MIT Builds Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is constructing the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research in Cambridge, Mass. The project broke ground in March of 2008 with completion slated for December of 2010. The 365,000-sf, seven-story plus basement facility will have a footprint of 45,000 sf and will be connected to existing facilities by underground tunnels. The project architect is Ellenzweig with William A. Berry & Son as general contractor.