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National University of Ireland Opens Clinical and Translational Research Facility
The National University of Ireland celebrated the opening of a $22 million biomedical research facility at University Hospital Galway in late September of 2015. Housing the Lamb Institute for Translational Research and the Health Research Board's Clinical Research Facility, the five-story, 57,500-gsf project features open, flexible laboratories designed to promote interaction and collaboration. Construction began on the facility in fall of 2013. The general contractor for the project was BAM Construction.
Illumina Expands San Diego Campus
Illumina is expanding its San Diego operations with the development of a 300,000-sf facility for the production of technologies for genetic analysis. Designed by Ewing Cole, the project will create advanced manufacturing space, laboratories, offices, warehousing, and support. BNBuilders is providing both pre-construction and construction services for the interior buildout of the facility as well as the expansion of the central plant. Completion is expected in late 2016.
Fakeeh Academic Medical Centre Plans Dubai Campus
Fakeeh Academic Medical Center has awarded Habtoor Leighton Group a $127 million contract to construct the first phase of its teaching hospital campus in Dubai. The facility will accommodate five centers of excellence in the areas of cardiology, pulmonary medicine, orthopedics, endocrinology and diabetes, and emergency medicine. The 150-bed integrated hospital will feature an automated medication dispensing system and robotic surgery technologies. Completion is expected in October of 2017.
University of Massachusetts Breaks Ground on Design Building
The University of Massachusetts broke ground on the $52 million Design Building in October of 2015 in Amherst. The 87,200-sf project will house the Department of Architecture as well as accommodating programs in building construction technology, landscape architecture, and regional planning. Designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates of Boston, the four-story facility will provide classrooms, research areas, materials testing labs, studios, offices, conference rooms, lounges, and a café.
New Zealand Constructs National Biocontainment Laboratory
Construction began in October of 2015 on the $59 million (NZD$87m) National Biocontainment Laboratory in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. Designed by Merrick & Company to meet international biosafety standards, the secure facility will provide advanced labs for infectious disease detection, diagnosis, and response. The completed project will also offer veterinary diagnostics to support international trade assurances of the status of animal diseases. Full operations will commence in 2019.