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University of Auckland Creates Science Centre
The University of Auckland is initiating a $200 million redevelopment project to create its new Science Centre. Providing advanced teaching and research space, the project includes construction of an 11-story, 253,000-sf building and renovation of an adjacent tower. The cross-disciplinary facility is being designed by Archibus and will provide a new entranceway to the University. Construction will begin in 2013 with completion expected in 2017.
Max Planck Occupies Jupiter Campus
The Max Planck Society began occupying its new campus in Jupiter, Fla., in June of 2012. Located on six acres on the MacArthur campus of Florida Atlantic University, the 100,000-sf research facility provides 58,000 sf of lab space for wet and dry bench research, including instrumentation suites, core imaging labs, and computational space. The center also provides research and administrative offices, conference rooms, a 100-seat auditorium, and a large atrium.
Healthpoint Biotherapeutics to Create State-of-the-Art Cell Sciences Manufacturing Facility
Healthpoint Biotherapeutics will begin construction in mid-2012 on a renovation of its 80,000-sf research and manufacturing campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The new facilities will comprise 25,000 sf of advanced manufacturing infrastructure, laboratories, and clean rooms for the production of cell-based therapies. Healthpoint will invest approximately $60 million to build out and staff the research and manufacturing facility over the next few years.
PortaFab Offers New Clean Surface Demising Wall Panels
As U.S. manufacturing continues to evolve into more highly technical industries, the demand for creating environmentally controlled space within manufacturing facilities is growing. To help meet this need, PortaFab has expanded its line of SteelSpan industrial wall panels. The new line extension features a ‘no profile’ smooth surface option which provides an easy to clean solution for use in environmental control applications and for medical, microprocessing, and nanotechnology manufacturing.
Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory Opens in India
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation opened the Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL) in Bangalore in June of 2012. The advanced R&D laboratory will support biomedical engineering, human aviation engineering, and the development of military life support systems and aero-medical equipment. The facility houses a hydrostatic simulator, a dynamic test centrifuge, a high altitude simulation chamber, and a testing suite for technical textiles.