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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Opens Franklin Hospital
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare will open its new $89.6 million hospital in Franklin, Wis., on April 28, 2008. The five-story, 275,000-sf facility began construction in June of 2006 and houses outpatient care, surgery, an 18-room emergency department, imaging, physician offices, cardiac care, physical therapy, and a conference center. The project team includes HDR Inc. of Omaha as architect and CG Schmidt of Milwaukee as general contractor.
Houston Medical Center Constructs Patient Tower
Houston Medical Center is constructing the 138,000-sf Northwest Patient Tower in Warner Robins, Ga. The five-story facility began construction in spring of 2007 and is being built by Gilbane Construction. The project, which features 102 spacious private patient rooms, is part of a $75 million expansion and renovation project that includes a new $14.6 million central energy plant, a $1.2 upgrade of the Houston Heart Institute, and improvements to the existing hospital. The patient tower will include OB/GYN, surgery, and intensive care.
PEAT Commissions Plasma-Based Waste Remediation System
PEAT International successfully commissioned the PDTR-100, a Plasma Thermal Destruction and Recovery system, in April of 2008. The system is located at the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation near the Jayaben Modi Hospital in Ankleshwar, India. The 60-kilogram-per-hour (130 lb/hr) PDTR-100, developed to primarily treat biomedical waste and other industrial/universal waste streams, is a permanent, fully self-contained water treatment system for hospitals and industrial facilities.
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Breaks Ground in France
Construction began on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in Cadarache, France, in spring of 2008. The $16.7 billion project aims to enable the fusion of hydrogen isotopes to create helium, releasing vast amounts of energy. Housing scientists, engineers, and administrators from the European Union, the United States, China, India, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, the fusion reactor is expected to reach completion within ten years.
Louisiana State University Builds Clinical Research Building
Louisiana State University will break ground in summer of 2008 on a $28 million clinical research facility. The four-floor, 90,000-sf facility will be part of the 600,000-sf Pennington Biomedical Research Center sited on 237 acres in Baton Rouge. Upon completion of the clinical research building, construction will commence on a $12 million imaging center and a $50 million renovation of the existing clinical facility.