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CSU Bakersfield Designs Student Union Expansion and Aquatics Facility
California State University, Bakersfield is planning a $27 million expansion of the existing 17,000-sf student union. The two-story, 40,000-sf addition will provide a large flexible event and lecture hall, 12 conference rooms, student lounges, a game room, a loft, club project rooms, an interaction hallway, a food prep area with microwaves, and the relocated CSUB Food Pantry.
Texas A&M University Plans Veterinary Teaching and Research Facility
The Texas A&M University System is planning to construct the $22.8 million Veterinary Education, Research & Outreach Center at West Texas A&M University in Canyon. Strategically sited adjacent to the new Agricultural Sciences Complex and the relocated Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab, the facility will accommodate programs for two Texas A&M campuses, Canyon and College Station. The VERO Center will offer classrooms, labs, and livestock facilities for experiential animal sciences education and training. Completion is expected in 2020.
CSIRO Builds Centre for Industrial Flow Chemistry
CSIRO broke ground in March of 2018 on the AUD$8 million Centre for Industrial Flow Chemistry in Melbourne. Enabling manufacturers to access advanced flow chemistry technologies, the 4,400-sf facility will offer services ranging from early-stage discovery through technology transfer and large-scale production. The center will also accommodate research on new chemical manufacturing processes. The general contractor for the project is Monaco and Hickey and completion is expected in November of 2018.
Marquette University Plans Physician Assistant Building
Marquette University is planning to build an $18.5 million facility for its physician assistant program in Milwaukee. Designed by HGA and Groth Design Group, the 44,000-sf building will accommodate sophisticated classrooms, teaching labs, and clinical simulation rooms. The project will enable the university to address primary care provider shortages and meet increasing enrollment demand. The construction manager is C.D. Smith and occupancy is expected in summer of 2019.
Seneca College Builds Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship
Seneca College is constructing the CAD$85 million Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship in North York, Ontario. Designed by Perkins+Will, the five-story, 274,000-sf building will offer integrated facilities for applied research and commercialization, specialized training, and business incubation. Supporting the development of industry partnerships, the project will provide collaborative laboratories, maker spaces, instrumentation suites, classrooms, and a large atrium and event space.