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Laurentian University Plans Research, Innovation & Engineering Building
Laurentian University is planning to build the CAD$30 million Clifford A. Fielding Research, Innovation and Engineering Building in Sudbury, Ontario. Housing the Bharti School of Engineering, the 47,000-sf project will include a technology-rich lecture hall, four capstone project labs, a prototyping and fabrication shop, a materials analysis lab, a hydraulics and fluid dynamics lab, and an environmental and soil mechanics lab.
UT Health Northeast Designs School of Community and Rural Health
UT Health Northeast will break ground in spring of 2017 on the $30 million School of Community and Rural Health in Tyler. Designed by the Dallas office of SmithGroupJJR to support programs in public health, the three-story, 85,000-sf academic medical center will provide classrooms, teaching labs, faculty offices, and administrative space. Completion is expected in fall of 2018. UT Health Northeast is part of the University of Texas System.
Pfizer Plans Chesterfield R&D Campus
Pfizer will begin construction in mid-2017 on a $200 million research and development campus in Chesterfield, Mo. Supporting the creation of advanced vaccines, biotherapeutics, and pharmaceuticals, the project could include a 460,000-sf facility standing up to five stories high. The campus will be built by Clayco and its development subsidiary CRG, with Pfizer leasing the structures upon completion. Occupancy is expected in 2020.
University of Nottingham Constructs New Teaching Building
The University of Nottingham is constructing the £15 million New Teaching Building on its University Park campus in Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Designed by architectural firm Make, the 54,000-sf facility will provide a collaborative lecture hall, a variety of instructional rooms, a performing arts space, a social learning hub, and staff offices. The project team includes structural engineer AKT II, MEP engineer Max Fordham, project manager Gleeds, and cost consultant Aecom.
Hamad Medical Corporation Opens Communicable Disease Center
Hamad Medical Corporation opened the 97,000-sf Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in Doha in November of 2016. Located at Hamad bin Khalifa Medical City, the facility will support the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases including tuberculosis, HIV, influenza, hepatitis, measles, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. The CDC features 65 private inpatient rooms with sustainable negative pressure and one hundred percent fresh air exchange, as well as a BSL-3 lab, an automated pharmacy, an outpatient center, and a travel clinic.