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Industry News
MBA Polymers Plans Commercial Plant
MBA Polymers, a Richmond plastics recycling company, is raising $3-million in VC funding to design a new commercial plant. The facility will cost approximately $20-million to build. Due to rising energy costs for daytime operations, the plant may not be located in the San Francisco Bay Area, but in a location where the plant can operate at full capacity year-round.
UCSF Parnassus Develops Seismic Replacement Lab
The University of California San Francisco-Parnassus is planning a new $39.7-million seismic replacement laboratory. McCarthy will build the five-story, 86,000-sf facility, which will be completely seismic compliant. Included in the structure, scheduled for June 2004 completion, will be state-of-the-art equipment washing systems and numerous care and surgery facilities. Architect for the project is Flad & Associates of San Francisco.
Sigma-Aldrich Completes Science and Technology Center
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, working with project manager and builder McCarthy, has completed its new $55-million Life Science and High Technology Center. The biotech project included construction of a 145,000-sf lab building to house 220 life scientists. With three stories above grade and one below, the building also features a three-story atrium, and an attached 12,000-sf learning center. Architects for the project were Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) and Lockwood Greene, both of St. Louis.
Cornell Builds Nanotechnology Facility
Cornell University has selected McCarthy to provide construction management and general contracting services on Duffield Hall, a nanotechnology research and teaching facility now under construction. The $42-million project, a joint venture with Welliver McGuire of Elmira, N.Y., will provide state-of-the-art accommodations for the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility--the oldest federally supported nanotechnology center.
Children's Hospital of San Diego To Generate Its Own Power
Children’s Hospital of San Diego is installing a 3.4-megawatt co-generation system that will supply approximately 98% of the 200-bed hospital’s power. The system, funded in part by a $2-million loan from the California Energy Commission, will be fueled by natural gas. The generation process will produce 99% of the heat needed for space heating, sterilization, and hot water.