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Bahrain to Develop $1.6bn Health Island
Bahrain will begin construction in 2008 on the $1.6 billion Health Island. Covering 1.25-sm, the project will be built on an island of reclaimed land near Muharraq in the Gulf. Lead by the Ithmaar Development Company, the project will include leading-edge facilities for diagnostics, alternative medicine, nutrition and diabetes, aesthetic surgery, and sports medicine. Completion is expected in three to five years.
UW Madison Completes Institute for Influenza Viral Research
The University of Wisconsin, Madison completed construction on the $12.5-million Institute for Influenza Viral Research in November of 2007. Designed by Flad Architects, the 28,000-sf facility houses BSL-3, BSL-3E, BSL-3Ag, and ABSL-3 laboratories with redundant air handling systems, autoclaves, a back-up generator, and an effluent decontamination system. Located at University Research Park in Madison, the Institute will support research on avian influenza and other flu viruses and will house rodents, ferrets, poultry, and monkeys.
Lincoln University Breaks Ground on High Technology Building
Lincoln University broke ground on a new science and general classroom facility on its Chester County, Philadelphia campus in November of 2007. Designed by Philadelphia-based KlingStubbins, Lincoln University’s High Technology Building is the most recent physical enhancement to America’s first historically black university. The new 113,000-gsf facility is the first element within a new quadrangle south of the main campus and is sited to define the eastern boundary of Lincoln’s planned academic development.
St. Lawrence University Completes Johnson Hall of Science
St. Lawrence University completed the 120,000-sf Johnson Hall of Science in Boston in fall of 2007. The sustainable laboratory facility was designed by KlingStubbins in association with Croxton Collaborative. Responding to an increased focus on research in the St. Lawrence science curriculum, the design produced a state-of-the-art, fully modernized building for biology, chemistry, physics, geology, math and computer sciences, environmental science, and psychology.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Dedicates Chili's Care Center
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital dedicated the $134 million Chili's Care Center in Memphis in November of 2007. The seven-story, 340,000-sf facility houses an MRI and the only cyclotron dedicated to childhood cancer research. The facility features expanded programs for diagnostic imaging and bone marrow transplants; research laboratories; the department of radiation oncology; and the brain tumor program. The fourth floor of the building is unoccupied to accommodate future growth. Complete occupancy is slated for spring of 2008.