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IU Health and Indiana University Plan Regional Academic Medical Center
IU Health, Indiana University, and IU Bloomington Hospital are partnering to create a new regional academic health center. Located adjacent to the IU Technology Park, the project includes construction of a replacement facility for IU Health Bloomington Hospital and an instructional building for the Indiana University School of Medicine. The regional academic health complex will promote collaboration between faculty, researchers, clinicians, medical staff, and students. Design work will begin in late spring of 2015.
Ramapo College Builds Adler Center for Nursing Excellence
Ramapo College is building the Adler Center for Nursing Excellence in Mahwah, N.J. Designed by Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, the 36,000-sf facility will feature three simulation rooms, a nursing skills lab, an anatomy and physiology lab, classrooms, and computer labs. The project is part of a $54 million renovation of Ramapo College's science center and is being built by Cambridge Construction Management to attain LEED Silver sustainable design certification.
University College London Creates Prion Research Facility
University College London has awarded Graham Construction a $25 million contract to renovate the existing Courtauld Building to create a biomedical research facility. The project will house the Medical Research Council's Prion Unit and will accommodate the study of dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine Builds Fort Smith Campus
The Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine broke ground in March of 2015 on a $32.4 million instructional building in Fort Smith. Designed by Risley & Associates, the three-story, 102,000-sf facility will provide classrooms, laboratories, and faculty offices. The project will be built by Beshears Construction and Nabholz Construction with completion expected by fall of 2017.
Mercer University School of Medicine Expands Savannah Campus
Mercer University School of Medicine is engaged in an $18 million expansion of its Savannah campus at Memorial University Medical Center. Allowing an increase in enrollment from 160 to 240 students, the project includes renovation of 26,500 sf in the Hoskins Center for Biomedical Research to create updated classrooms, offices, labs, and library space. A 31,000-sf addition will be constructed to provide exam rooms for clinical training, simulation labs, tutorial rooms, student study spaces, and a student lounge.