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Kent State University Opens Integrated Sciences Building
Kent State University celebrated the opening of the $37.6 million Integrated Sciences Building in September of 2017 in Kent, Ohio. Designed by Ayers Saint Gross and built by Turner Construction, the 66,000-gsf interdisciplinary facility provides classrooms, teaching labs, research labs, and faculty offices for the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, and Physics.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Plans Copenhagen R&D Headquarters
Ferring Pharmaceuticals is planning to construct a 124,000-sf headquarters and research facility in Copenhagen. Designed by Foster + Partners, the facility will provide collaborative biopharmaceutical labs and offices to support the development of innovative products in the fields of reproductive health, urology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and orthopedics. The building will include six stories above grade and two basement levels.
University of South Florida Constructs Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute
University of South Florida Health began construction in September of 2017 on a $173 million facility to house the Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in Tampa. Designed by HOK, the 319,000-sf project will provide laboratories, learning spaces, conference rooms, faculty offices, an auditorium, a clinical trials unit, and a cardiac care facility. Sited in a $3 billion development created by Strategic Property Partners, the building is located near Tampa General Hospital and USF’s simulation training center.
University of Texas at Austin Opens Engineering Education and Research Center
The University of Texas at Austin opened the $310 million Engineering Education and Research Center (EERC) in late September of 2017. Designed by Ennead Architects and Jacobs, the nine-story, 433,000-sf facility provides the Cockrell School of Engineering with multidisciplinary research labs, teaching labs, classrooms, meeting rooms, faculty offices, a three-story atrium, and a 267-seat auditorium.
NASA Awards Ames Research Center Contract to AECOM
NASA awarded AECOM a contract in September of 2017 to provide support services for Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The scope of the contract, which has a maximum value of $58.3 million and a one-year base period with four one-year options, includes facility master planning, facility engineering design, energy and water conservation program management, and property utilization oversight.