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Villanova University Breaks Ground on College of Nursing
Villanova University broke ground in April 2007 on its $32 million College of Nursing in Villanova, Pa. The 75,000-sf, three-story facility will house six labs, a 200-seat auditorium, a 200-seat lecture hall, a simulated nursing station, offices, and classrooms. The project will also include a center for nursing research and space for global health studies. The center is being designed by Baltimore-based architectural firm Richter Cornbrooks Gribble. Completion is expected in summer of 2008.
University of Texas Creates Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research
The University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center are partnering to create the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research. Located at the University of Texas Research Park at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, the six-story, 315,000-sf facility is being constructed in collaboration with GE Healthcare and the Texas Enterprise Fund.
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Opens Nat'l Botulism Research Center
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth opened its new bioengineering, molecular biology, and cell biology research facility in April of 2007. Home of the National Botulism Research Center, the $14.4 million high-security building will accommodate biotechnology and biochemistry research. The 22,081-sf project was designed by Architectural Resources Cambridge with modular, flexible laboratories and extensive safety measures including the use of exterior concrete barriers.
Covance Proceeds with Chandler Animal Lab Construction
Covance is constructing a 300,000-sf animal testing laboratory in Chandler, Arizona. The facility broke ground in June of 2007 and is slated to begin operations in early 2009. Construction was temporarily halted by a lawsuit which called into question the building permit and zoning for the facility due to alleged non-public meetings between the City of Chandler and Covance. The case was dismissed in February of 2008, allowing construction to resume.
UC Davis Plans Engineering Unit 4
The University of California, Davis is planning to construct the $32 million Engineering 4 facility. Designed by CO Architects with Research Facilities Design (RFD) providing laboratory design services, the project will be located in UC Davis’ central campus for chemical engineering and materials science. Housing 40,000 asf, the building is expected to be two to three stories in height and fit within the context of creating the fourth building for the College of Engineering.