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Penn State Plans Materials & Life Sciences Building
Pennsylvania State University will break ground in early spring of 2008 on a 314,000-gsf materials and life sciences facility in University Park. Slated for completion in spring of 2011, the interdisciplinary center will be the largest in the University’s history and will house laboratories, cleanrooms, and core facilities including a TEM suite. Designed by Rafael Viñoly, the $190 million project will be constructed with one floor as shell space.
State of Maryland Constructs Forensic Medical Center
The State of Maryland has chosen Gilbane Building Company to provide CM at Risk services for the new $37 million Forensic Medical Center. The facility will serve as the headquarters for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) of Maryland. The facility will be six stories totaling 120,000 sf with an area that will meet BSL-3 containment requirements. The architect for the facility is Gaudreau, Inc., with Gilbane’s Mid-Atlantic regional office overseeing the work.
Boston University's School of Dental Medicine Opens Dubai Institute
Boston University’s School of Dental Medicine will open a dental training institute at Dubai Healthcare City in the United Arab Emirates. Focusing on research, education, and treatment, the institute will provide specialty training in areas such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, and periodontics. Boston University’s center will open to its first students in summer of 2008. Dubai Healthcare City is also partnering with institutions such as the Mayo Clinic and pharmaceutical maker AstraZeneca.
Menorah Medical Center to Break Ground in Overland Park
Menorah Medical Center, part of HCA Midwest, will break ground in late summer of 2007 on a $14.5 million medical office building. The three-story facility will be the second medical office building on Menorah’s Overland Park, Kansas, campus. Slated for occupancy in August of 2008, the 60,000-square-foot building will provide offices for 30 to 50 physicians. Menorah may add a third medical office building, a new inpatient building with up to 60 beds, and an additional outpatient building in the future.
Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Open Orthopedic Center
Washington University Orthopedics, in partnership with Barnes-Jewish Hospital, opened the Outpatient Orthopedic Center in Chesterfield, Mo., in late July of 2007. Designed by ACI Boland, the $13 million facility was built by general contractor Clayco. The 60,000-sf center houses examination rooms, physician offices, ambulatory surgery suites, and radiology.