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Chevron Opens LEED-Certified Gulf of Mexico Headquarters
Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit (GOMBU) celebrated the opening of its new Northpark headquarters in Covington, La., in May of 2008. The 300,000-sf headquarters utilizes advanced technology to manage shelf operations and features a visualization center and 18 technology-enabled team rooms and asset decision environments linking offshore and onshore personnel. Northpark is the company's first LEED-certified building and the first LEED-Gold building in the state of Louisiana.
Air Force Partners with UDRI on Alternative Fuel Research Facility
The Air Force Research Laboratory is partnering with University of Dayton Research Institute to build and operate an alternative fuel research facility at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The 4,000-sf Alternative Aerospace Fuels Research Facility, located near the existing Fuels and Lubricants Laboratory, will support the creation of jet fuel from coal and biomass. Completion is slated for summer of 2010.
Colorado State's Biocontainment Lab Receives Select Agent Approval
Colorado State University’s $30 million Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory received select agent research approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in May of 2008. Sited on the Foothills Campus in Fort Collins, the 38,000-sf facility houses BSL-3 laboratories for infectious disease research. The laboratory features a $600,000 mass spectrometer, autoclaves, seven-layer epoxy floors, and rigorous HEPA air filtration.
UCSF Plans Neuroscience Facility
The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) is planning to construct the $105-million, 180,000-sf Neuroscience Research Building. Housing laboratory and clinical space for 78 principal investigators, the facility will built at the University’s Mission Bay campus.
Bosch Builds Reutlingen Semiconductor Fab
The Bosch Group is building a €550 million fab for 200 millimeter semiconductors in Reutlingen, Germany. The facility began construction in fall of 2007 with production commencing in mid-2009. The plant will be able to produce 1,000 silicon wafers per day and will support Bosch’s automotive electronics business operations, including MEMS and micromachined chip technologies.