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Hewlett Packard Breaks Ground on Galway R&D Facility
Hewlett Packard broke ground on an 89,000-sf R&D facility in Ballybrit in the Republic of Ireland in February of 2014. Designed by Taylor Architects, the building will house 700 employees engaged in software research and the development of cloud computing technologies. The project team includes general contractor M.J. Conroy Group, engineering consultants Arup and RPS, and project manager AECOM. Completion is expected in February of 2015.
DOE Plans Energy Researh Facility at Pacific Northwest National Lab
The Department of Energy will begin construction in April of 2014 on a $10 million research facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash. The project will be designed and built by DGR Grant Construction in collaboration with Meier Architecture & Engineering. The 22,000-sf facility will provide labs, computational space, and offices to support research on power grid dynamics and renewable energy technologies, as well as housing PNNL's Building Operations Control Center and sustainability program.
University of Tennessee Knoxville Initiates Science Facility Renovation
The University of Tennessee has begun renovating Sophronia Strong Hall to create an advanced science laboratory facility. The completed nine-story, 268,000-sf building will house the departments of anthropology and earth and planetary sciences, as well as providing instructional space and open, flexible labs for the departments of biology and chemistry. The $114 million project is expected to reach completion in early 2016. LEED Silver sustainable design will be sought for the renovated facility.
Maersk Oil Opens Digital Core Laboratory
Maersk Oil opened its digital core laboratory in January of 2014 in Doha, Qatar. Supporting research in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), the facility features a computed tomography (CT) scanning suite to provide three-dimensional imagery of the pores of oil-bearing rocks. The petrophysical data revealed by the scans can be used to optimize oil flow. The laboratory is part of a $100 million, ten-year investment by Maersk in applied research and was created in partnership with Qatar Petroleum.
University of Anchorage Constructs Engineering & Industry Building
The University of Alaska Anchorage is building the $123 million Engineering & Industry Building. Providing classrooms and laboratories for the College of Engineering, the facility will support instruction in eleven disciplines including mechanical, electrical, civil, arctic, and computer systems engineering. The 80,000-sf building will feature computer-aided-design (CAD) labs and a prototyping lab with 3D printers.