Industry News

Design of Roche Diagnostic 's new 440,000-sf PCR Manufacturing Center in Branchburg, N.J., is nearing completion. PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is leading-edge technology in the field of molecular diagnostics. The facility will include a new state-of-the-art 230,000-sf pharmaceutical manufacturing center, a 32,000-sf office building (completed), and the renovation of a 180,000-sf existing laboratory and office headquarters for Roche Molecular Systems. The manufacturing facility is slated for completion in November 2004.

The University of Michigan is constructing a $70-million facility at its School of Public Health in Ann Arbor. Part of 200,000 sf of new construction at the University, the high-rise project is an air-rights building connecting two existing public health buildings known as SPH-1 and SPH-2. Designed by Centerbrook Architects and SEi , the facility will allow greater collaboration among students, faculty, and departments.

The new 54,000-sf police station in Woodland , Calif., will be one of the nation’s first police stations to be LEED™ certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. The project was a unique partnership with the City of Woodland , McCarthy Construction, and LPA . The design-build facility has functions for dispatch, C.I.D., patrol, evidence processing and storage, booking, detoxification and holding cells, as well as a community/E.O.C. room.

Opening in early 2006, the Arkansas Department of Health 's new $23-million, 82,000-sf public health laboratory will serve as a first responder facility, accommodating biological and chemical terrorism preparedness reaction for the state.

Saint Thomas Health Services  broke ground in early fall 2004 on the $3-million, 9,000-sf Family Health Center South in Nashville, Tenn. Replacing the existing South Clinic, the facility is slated for completion in late spring 2005. Saint Thomas Health Services is owned by Ascension Health.