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National Taiwan University Hospital Constructs Cancer Center
National Taiwan University Hospital is building a 500-bed comprehensive cancer center in Taipei. Providing 15 floors above ground and four below, the 1.3 million-sf hospital will house surgical suites, clinical offices, inpatient rooms, a preventative medicine center, and biomedical and stem cell research labs. Designed by HKS with J.J. Pan and Partners as architect of record, the facility will offer proton therapy, cell therapy, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Occupancy is expected in 2018.
Northern Kentucky University Constructs Health Innovation Center
Northern Kentucky University began construction in October of 2015 on the $97 million Health Innovation Center in Highland Heights. Designed by CO Architects of Los Angeles and GBBN Architects of Cincinnati, the 95,500-sf interdisciplinary facility will provide the College of Health Professions with advanced classrooms, laboratories, and offices. The $8 million St. Elizabeth Healthcare Simulation Center will also be located in the building.
National University of Ireland Opens Clinical and Translational Research Facility
The National University of Ireland celebrated the opening of a $22 million biomedical research facility at University Hospital Galway in late September of 2015. Housing the Lamb Institute for Translational Research and the Health Research Board's Clinical Research Facility, the five-story, 57,500-gsf project features open, flexible laboratories designed to promote interaction and collaboration. Construction began on the facility in fall of 2013. The general contractor for the project was BAM Construction.
Fakeeh Academic Medical Centre Plans Dubai Campus
Fakeeh Academic Medical Center has awarded Habtoor Leighton Group a $127 million contract to construct the first phase of its teaching hospital campus in Dubai. The facility will accommodate five centers of excellence in the areas of cardiology, pulmonary medicine, orthopedics, endocrinology and diabetes, and emergency medicine. The 150-bed integrated hospital will feature an automated medication dispensing system and robotic surgery technologies. Completion is expected in October of 2017.
Indiana University School of Medicine Breaks Ground on Evansville Facility
Indiana University School of Medicine broke ground in October of 2015 on a $61.2 million facility in Evansville. The 145,000-gsf building is being created in collaboration with the University of Southern Indiana and the University of Evansville, and will possibly also provide space for Ivy Tech Community College. The project will include classrooms, simulation space, and laboratories for teaching and research. Completion is expected in late 2017.