Industry News

Baltimore Washington Medical Center opened its expanded emergency room in Glen Burnie, Md., on April 16, 2008. The $13 million expansion includes 17 private emergency treatment rooms and a radiology suite.

Sanofi Pasteur broke ground in April of 2008 on a $100 million vaccine research and development facility in Toronto. The project cost for the 15,000-sm building includes $80 million for construction and $20 million for equipment. Completion is slated for 2010.

The Coriell Institute for Medical Research will begin construction in April of 2008 on a $6 million renovation of its genetic research facility in Camden, N.J. The project will include renovation of 21,500-sf on the second and third floors of the five-story building and $50,000 of improvements to cell culture laboratories on the fourth floor. The duration of construction is estimated at 18 months.

Esco now offers a complete line of animal research products with the launch of the VIVA Bedding Disposal Workstation. Esco’s range of VIVA animal research products are designed for lab animal research applications involving rodents. Cage cleaning and bedding disposal procedures are now simpler, safer and more productive with the VIVA Bedding Disposal Workstation. Specifically designed for the animal research laboratory, the mobile workstation protects personnel and the lab environment from exposure to allergens and unpleasant odors.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers selected John C. Gremberg Co. of Rockville to construct a $27 million steam sterilization plant at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. Sited adjacent to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) facility, the plant will utilize high temperature steam to sterilize liquid biowaste from the USAMRIID laboratories at a capacity of 126,000 gallons per day. Completion is slated for April 2011.