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Nassau University Medical Center will begin construction in 2009 on a $55 million emergency department in East Meadow, N.Y. Doubling the footprint of the medical center’s existing ER, the project will feature new radiology facilities and an expanded psychiatric emergency program. Designed to enable response to mass casualty scenarios, the 52,000-sf facility will include 82 treatment rooms, portable decontamination shower tents, isolation rooms, a separate pediatric treatment area, and a new roof helipad. The project architect is Cannon Design of Manhattan.

Uniboard's Nu-Green particleboard is now certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an international organization that promotes responsible stewardship of the world's forests. Effective February 15, 2008, this independent body issued a Chain of Custody (COC) Certificate to Uniboard for the Nu-Green Product manufactured in the company's plant in Sayabec, Quebec. The same certification had been appointed to raw particle boards produced in Uniboard's Val d'Or plant in late 2007.

The University of California, San Diego has selected  Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects to design a new biomedical research facility on the Health Sciences campus in La Jolla. The project will include approximately 150,000-sf of wet-bench laboratories, laboratory support, laboratory core facilities, and office/conference space to accommodate biomedical research programs at UCSD’s School of Medicine, including a new multi-department program in genomic medicine and expanded department of neurosciences.

D'Youville College will initiate construction in May of 2008 on a $20 million academic center on its West Side campus in Buffalo, N.Y. Designed by Cannon Design, the 93,000-sf, six-story facility will house classrooms, laboratories, faculty and administrative offices, conference rooms, and space for a pharmacy program. The project manager is Savarino Cos. of Buffalo.

Cookeville Regional Medical Center is constructing an $80 million, 228,000-sf patient tower in Cookeville, Tenn. The six-story north tower is slated for completion in October of 2008 with a grand opening slated for early 2009. The project began construction in fall of 2006. The project includes a two-story atrium lobby and two entrances. The second floor will house a cancer center featuring a TomoTherapy unit, a new technology for radiation treatment of cancerous tumors.