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Johns Hopkins is building the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center in Baltimore. The 12-story pediatric hospital tower is slated for occupancy in early 2011. Featuring 205 private inpatient rooms, the facility will include an intensive care unit, a neonatal ICU, ten surgical suites, pediatric radiology, and a ten-bed translational research unit. The project architect is Perkins + Will.

DuPont opened its new maize research center in Los Mochis, Mexico in June of 2008. Supporting the acceleration of seed product development for DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred business group, the facility will enable the delivery of advanced genetics and technologies to increase farm productivity. The center is the fourth Pioneer crop genetics facility in Mexico and will support the development of superior maize hybrids.

The University of Minnesota opened the Medical Devices Center at the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis on June 24, 2008. The $400,000 technology-rich facility will enable researchers to design, prototype, and test new medical devices. Housing a computer-aided precision design center, a fabrication facility, and a 3D surgical imaging suite, the Medical Devices Center is part of the University of Minnesota's Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM). The Institute will expand to a total of 50,000-sf of research and office space on three floors by 2011.

Idaho National Laboratory has selected CH Construction to build the new $4 million Common Support Building (CSB) at the Advanced Test Reactor Complex west of Idaho Falls. Accommodating 80 employees, the 16,400-sf sustainably-designed facility will feature advanced HVAC and lighting systems.

Georgia Tech Research Institute initiated the second phase of construction at its Food Processing Technology Building in Atlanta in summer of 2008. The $3 million project will add 10,000-sf of laboratory, office, and R&D space to the existing $8 million, 35,000-square-foot facility.