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Brasfield & Gorrie Use Drone Mapping Software to Optimize Project Delivery
Brasfield & Gorrie’s virtual design and construction team is utilizing DroneDeploy software to enhance site planning, design, and safety. Drones can rapidly capture aerial images of a building site, and drone mapping software produces 3D point clouds for integration with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and virtual reality platforms. Brasfield & Gorrie has equipped each of their regional offices with DJI Inspire series drones which upload data to the DroneDeploy dashboard.
High Point University Completes Health Sciences and Pharmacy Facility
High Point University will complete construction in summer of 2017 on the $120 million Congdon Hall in High Point, N.C. Housing the Congdon School of Health Sciences and the Fred Wilson School of Pharmacy, the 224,000-sf facility will feature a human biomechanics and physiology lab, a virtual reality and clinical gait analysis lab, advanced simulation training suites, and standardized client areas for interprofessional education. Congdon Hall was designed to support a variety of pedagogical styles to promote collaborative learning.
Randolph-Macon College Dedicates Science Building
Randolph-Macon College dedicated the $17.5 Macon F. Brock, Jr. Hall in June of 2017 in Ashland, Va. Housing the departments of biology, chemistry, and environmental studies, the three-story, 30,000-sf science building provides teaching laboratories, research laboratories, faculty offices, and conference rooms. The facility was designed by Ballinger with Kjellstrom and Lee as general contractor. Construction began in May of 2016 on the project, which is expected to attain LEED sustainable design certification.
Eli Lilly Opens Expanded San Diego Biotechnology Center
Eli Lilly completed a $90 million expansion of its San Diego biotechnology center in June of 2017. The 180,000-sf facility features the Life Science studio, a technology-rich laboratory suite supporting advanced drug discovery and development. Promoting global collaboration and innovation in the design, synthesis, and screening of molecules, the center will accommodate research in immunology, diabetes, oncology, and neurodegeneration.
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Constructs Life Sciences Building
The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa will begin construction in late 2017 on the $50 million Life Sciences Building in Honolulu. Designed to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, the four-story, 45,000-sf facility will provide the College of Natural Sciences with classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, lab support spaces, and offices. Accommodating the departments of biology, microbiology, and botany, the building will also house the Pacific Biosciences Research Center and the Biological Electron Microscope Facility.