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Lam Research Corp. Establishes Livermore Operations
Semiconductor manufacturer Lam Research Corp. will relocate 350 workers to a leased two-building complex in Livermore, Calif. The facility was previously owned and occupied by KLA-Tencor Corp. Each building has a footprint of 120,000-sf. Lam will maintain its current headquarters in Fremont, Calif.
University of North Carolina Constructs Replacement Chemistry Building
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will begin construction in March of 2008 on a new chemistry building to replace the 80-year-old Venable Hall. The $123 million facility is slated for completion by August of 2010. Housing teaching and research space for chemistry, marine science, physics, astronomy, and computer science, the building will feature a 400-seat lecture hall and a new science library. The replacement facility is the last phase of UNC’s new Science Complex construction, which began in 2001.
NAU Receives LEED Platinum for Applied Research and Development Building
Northern Arizona University’s Applied Research and Development (ARD) Building was awarded a LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council in January of 2008. The project was designed by Burns Wald-Hopkins Architects and built by Kitchell Construction. The top floor of the three-story facility will house NAU's Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics. The 59,821-sf facility, which opened in September of 2008, is the most sustainably designed building in Arizona and one of the top three greenest buildings in the world.
Mercy Memorial Breaks Ground on Ardmore Expansion
Mercy Memorial Hospital broke ground on a $60 million expansion of its Ardmore, Okla., hospital in January of 2008. The new wing is comprised of a five story plus basement patient tower housing 158 private rooms, an ICU, and a woman's health center. Completion is slated for June of 2010.
Missouri State University Plans Electromagnetic Fabrication Laboratory
Missouri State University is planning to construct an electromagnetic device fabrication laboratory at the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) in Springfield. Funded by a $125,000 donation from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, the facility will enable scientists from academia and industry to engage in nanotechnology research and development to create devices that can sense heat, radio, or microwave energy for defense and homeland security applications.