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Emory University Plans Oxford College Science Building
Emory University will break ground in spring of 2014 on a $30 million science building for Oxford College. Designed by EYP Architecture & Engineering and built by Brasfield & Gorrie, the four-story, 57,500-sf facility will provide nine teaching labs for biology, chemistry, physics, and geology; three research labs; three classrooms; an imaging center; and a greenhouse. The building will feature faculty-student research suites on each floor and a central interaction atrium.
Charles River Laboratories Expands in Spencerville
Charles River Laboratories opened a 58,000-sf animal research facility in April of 2014 in Spencerville, Ohio. The building provides vivarium space and labs for preclinical research on pharmaceutical compounds, medical devices, and chemicals. Construction on the facility began in 2007 and was halted in 2009, with recommencement of building work in October of 2013.
National Institutes of Health Dedicates Neuroscience Research Center
The National Institutes of Health dedicated the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center in late March of 2014 in Bethesda, Md. Comprised of two buildings connected by a glass atrium, the collaborative 500,000-sf facility provides open laboratories, offices, and an advanced MRI suite for researchers from 10 NIH neuroscience institutes and centers. Construction on the first building began in 2001 and was completed in 2004.
BOND Completes IPD Project at Brown University
Boston-based general contractor BOND has completed construction of a two-phase infrastructure upgrade to Brown University’s Barus & Holley Hall/Prince Laboratory Building in Providence, R.I. Housing the engineering and physics departments, the seven-story, 220,000-sf facility provides 150 offices, 117 labs, 29 teaching labs, 15 classrooms, and three lecture halls. Components of the upgrade included a new fire alarm system, modernized elevators, and replacement of the building’s air handling unit.
San Juan College Builds School of Energy
San Juan College is constructing a 65,000-sf facility for the School of Energy in Farmington, N.M. The $15 million building will provide specialized laboratories for the study of oil and gas production technologies as well as classrooms and offices. The team for the design/build project includes architectural firm Dekker/Perich/Sabatini and general contractor Jaynes Corporation. Groundbreaking was celebrated in fall of 2013 and completion is expected in May of 2015.