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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will begin construction in summer of 2016 on a 100,000-sf project in New Brunswick. Two new facilities totaling 50,000 sf will be constructed and 50,000 sf in the existing hospital will undergo renovation. The expansion will allow more space for emergency and intensive care as well as accommodating preoperative services. Completion is expected by summer of 2018. The project is part of a master facilities plan to strategically increase capacity on the academic medical center campus.

Su Yat-sen University broke ground in March of 2016 on a 323,000-sf gravitational wave research facility in Zhuhai, China. The project will feature a 108,000-sf cave laboratory built to attain stringent vibration requirements and a 5,400-sf observation station. The lab is part of the $2.3 billion Tianqin research project that will be developed in four phases over the next two decades. Gravitational wave data will eventually be collected by three high-orbit satellites and relayed to the facility for analysis.

CoorsTek began building a $120 million research and manufacturing center in March of 2016 in Golden, Colo. The 300,000-sf facility will provide design labs, testing suites, and production space for the manufacture of ceramic components used in the automotive, defense, and semiconductor industries. The project is being built by Mortenson Construction and is expected to be fully operational by 2018.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is planning to break ground in January of 2018 on a $567 million expansion and renovation of its Washington campus. A new six-story, 477,000-sf pavilion will provide 156 private inpatient rooms, advanced imaging suites, two floors of operating rooms, and an expanded emergency department. Existing hospital facilities will also undergo renovation.

The University of Lincoln began construction in March of 2016 on the $23 million Isaac Newton Building in the United Kingdom. The project includes the renovation of the existing engineering hub and construction of an 81,000-sf addition. The completed facility will feature a Faraday cage, a semi-anechoic chamber, and a 500-seat lecture hall. Occupancy is expected in early 2017. The University of Lincoln is also in the process of designing the $18 million, 60,000-sf Sarah Swift Building to house the departments of Psychology and Health & Social Care.