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Acadia University Contracts with Johnson Controls for Sustainable Facilities Initiative
Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, is initiating an $8-million facility infrastructure improvement plan with Johnson Controls. Entitled the “Sustainability Through Facilities Innovation Initiative," the project will reduce facility operating costs by lowering consumption of electricity, fuel oil, and water through system upgrades and the implementation of building automation systems and controls.
GlaxoSmithKline Opens Singapore Chemistry Lab
GlaxoSmithKline opened its new $13-million (US) medicinal chemistry laboratory in Singapore in March 2007. The facility is located in the biomedical research hub Biopolis and is part of GSK’s existing Centre for Research in Cognitive and Neurodegenerative Disorders. The laboratory will enable researchers to engage in collaborative biology and chemistry pre-clinical research.
Canadian Federal Government Releases 2007 Research Funding
The Canadian federal government has announced the recipients of its 2007 research budget allocations. Science and technology growth will be supported by $1.3 billion in funding, including:
- $510 million to the Canada Foundation for Innovation
- $350 million to Centres of Excellence in Commercialization and Research
- $120 million to CANARIE to develop a next-generation research broadband network
- $100 million to Genome Canada
- $10 million to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Penn State Dedicates Food Science Building
Pennsylvania State University has dedicated the new Food Science Building on its University Park campus. Part of the College of Agricultural Sciences, the 126,000-sf building is located in the East Sub-campus. The $46 million project was designed by IKM Incorporated with Gilbane Building Company as program and construction manager.
Lewis & Clark Community College's Nursing Education Facility Nears Completion
Lewis & Clark Community College is constructing the $23 million Daisy and Roger P. Templin Nursing Building at the Godfrey, Ill., campus. Ground was broken on the 70,000-sf project in September of 2005 and completion is slated for August of 2007. The four-story facility will include two biology labs, two chemistry labs, six tiered classrooms, eight nursing labs, two certified nurse assistant labs, a learning assistant specialist lab, faculty offices, and a computer lab.