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Emory University Plans Woodruff Health Sciences Center
Emory University has selected Boston-based Payette to conduct a feasibility study encompassing a precinct master plan for a replacement medical center for Emory University Hospital, Wesley Woods Hospital, and the Emory Clinic. The project, known as the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, allows for new research facilities to be adjacent to the diagnosis and treatment chassis connecting bench to bed. The first phase of implementation is estimated to be a 600,000-gsf multidisciplinary outpatient clinic and translational research building.
Intel Corp. Constructs Vietnam Assembly Plant
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel Corp. is beginning construction in early spring of 2006 on a $300-million semiconductor assembly and test facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Production at the plant is slated to begin in the second half of 2007. The facility will eventually employ 1,200 workers.
Sigma Aldrich's SAFC Unit Completes Madison Expansion
SAFC, a custom chemical manufacturing unit of Sigma Aldrich, has completed a $12-million expansion of its Madison, Wisc., facility. The Advanced Pharma Intermediates (API) building was expanded by 38,000 sf, more than doubling the existing 23,500-sf facility and its cGMP manufacturing capabilities. The two-story project added three new kilo laboratories, increased storage and warehouse space, and expanded SAFC's R&D laboratores to eight. The facility will begin commercial operations when it officially opens in March.
Novartis Begins Construction on Changshu Plant
Novartis AG began construction in February 2006 on a new research, development, and production plant in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China. Part of the Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company's global production and supply chain, the $83-million project is expected to be fully operation by year-end 2007. Novartis is also planning to expand its Beijing Novartis Pharma plant and possibly construct an additional research facility in China as part of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research.
Johns Hopkins University Builds Computer Sciences Facility
Johns Hopkins University is constructing a new 80,000-sf computer sciences building on its Homewood campus in Baltimore, Md. The $30-million facility will house the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Life Sciences and an interdisciplinary robotics group. THe building is unusual for the university in that it doesn't contain wet lab space but does feature a large central lounge to foster interaction between researchers. Completion is expected as early at June of 2007.