Industry News

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is adding approximately 750,000 sf of biomedical research space and outpatient care in a new complex named the Red and Charline McCombs Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer.

Indonesia's Ministry of Health is planning to construct a BSL-3 laboratory for the testing of avian flu. The facility will match the Hong Kong-based WHO laboratory where Indonesia currently sends blood samples for testing.  

UAlbany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is planning to construct the $435-million Institute for Nanoelectronic Discovery and Exploration. The project includes a new 250,000-sf facility with a 100,000-sf cleanroom to be built at the Albany Center for Excellence. The institute is being co-created by the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Semiconductor Research Corp. A second institute will be located in California's Silicon Valley.

Federal Express has selected Birmingham-based Doster Construction to construct a $4-million expansion of its Central Ground Distribution Center in Nashville, Tenn. The project consists of a new recruiting and guardhouse building, an additional maintenance building, a service garage, and expanded loading areas.

The University of Missouri-Columbia is constructing the $16.3-million Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. The project includes renovation of the 29,103-sf Sociology building and the 18,030-sf Walter William hall and construction of a four-story building connecting the two facilities. The institute will house classrooms, laboratory space, a TV studio, and editing workstations. The project contractors are Kozeny-Wagner of St. Louis and Jefferson City, Mo.-based Sircal Contracting.