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University of Victoria Opens Computer Science Facility
The University of Victoria opened its new $25-million Engineering/Computer Science building in British Columbia in fall of 2006. Designed for sustainability with extensive use of natural light, the six-story, 8,975-square meter facility houses classrooms, teaching labs, lecture halls, and offices. The building features a dual plumbing system that utilizes recycled water from the aquatics facility, low-flush toilets and faucets, waterless urinals, and an HVAC heat recovery system that uses the same water for heating and cooling.
Millipore Opens Bedford R&D Center
Millipore Corp. opened its 110,000-sf Bioprocess R&D center in Bedford, Mass., in October of 2006. Designed by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, the facility contains 47,000 sf of laboratory space. The $50-million building will accommodate development of full-scale applications performance data and processes that simulate commercial conditions and will increase the speed and quality of biopharmaceutical production.
Columbia University Medical Center Establishes Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Columbia University Medical Center in New York has received an award from the National Institutes of Health of $54 million over five years to establish the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Columbia is one of twelve academic medical centers in the U.S. to receive this Clinical and Translational Science Award. This funding will support construction that will enable Columbia to expand dedicated clinical/translational research space by 40 percent to a total of 35,000 sf.
Cuyamaca College Builds Science and Technology Facility
Cuyamaca College is constructing a $25-million science and technology facility at its campus in El Cajon, Calif. Slated for completion in January 2007, the two-story, 58,668-sf facility will house ten classrooms, nine physical and life sciences laboratories, computer laboratories, and art laboratories. The construction manager for the project is Gafcon, Inc.
Grossmont Community College Science Facility Nears Completion
Construction is nearly complete for Grossmont Community College's new $19.7-million, 37,834-square-foot science building in El Cajon, Calif. The two-story facility will house laboratories for biology, chemistry, geology, and oceanography programs. The building will also accommodate faculty offices, a 40-station computer learning center, a greenhouse, and a walled native garden area. The facility completes the science and technology quadrangle, a square of four buildings on the campus that abuts a large open space.