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University of Iowa Opens Lab
The University of Iowa opened its new research facility at the Hygienic Laboratory in Ankeny on December 4, 2007. Designed as a resource for bioterrorism prevention, the laboratory will provide rapid testing capabilities for infectious disease agents. The Ankeny facility is part of the nationwide Laboratory Response Network and will serve as the state of Iowa's environmental and public health laboratory.
Texas Tech Opens Medical Education Building II
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center opened the $48 million Medical Education Building II in El Paso in December of 2007. Part of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the 125,000-sf facility is the second in a planned three-building campus. The four story facility houses classrooms, teaching labs, computer simulation labs with manikins, a digital library, and administrative offices.
Rady Children's Hospital Constructs $260M Patient Care Pavilion
Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center broke ground on December 5, 2007 on the $260 million Patient Care Pavilion in Kearney Mesa, Calif. Designed by Anshen + Allen of San Francisco, the 279,000-sf facility will add over 100 beds to the 248-bed pediatric hospital and will be LEED-certified. The pavilion will house 16 operating rooms, a neonatal ICU, and 72 private patient rooms. The project includes a 1,039-space parking garage and will be built by contractor McCarthy of St.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Opens Israel Vivarium
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, a developer of adult stem cell technologies, began constructing an animal research facility at its headquarters in Petach-Tikvah, Israel in late 2007. Housing laboratories for preclinical therapeutics research, the vivarium and cleanroom facility will be built to meet National Institutes of Health and National Research Council guidelines.
UC Berkeley Renovates Clark Kerr Campus
The University of California, Berkeley is planning a $130 million renovation of its Clark Kerr campus. The project will include renovation of seven of the 20 buildings on the historic campus as well as upgrades to the existing steam plant and auditorium building. The renovation will be developed in two phases; each 97,000-sf phase is expected to reach completion in 10 to 11 months.