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Saint-Gobain Opens Chennai R&D Facility
Saint-Gobain opened a $30 million research and development facility in Chennai in January of 2016. Located in the IIT-Madras Research Park, the 120,000-sf facility will support the creation of recycled building materials for modular housing projects. Pilot housing developments in four separate climatic regions have also been constructed so that the performance of different structures and materials may be evaluated.
Barnard College Plans Teaching and Learning Center
Barnard College is planning to build the $150 million Teaching and Learning Center in New York. Replacing Lehman Hall, the 132,000-sf facility will feature a computational science center and a digital commons with five teaching labs and flexible learning spaces. The project will also house the Athena Center for Leadership Studies, the Barnard Center for Research on Women, departmental offices, a café, and a library. The design architect for the facility is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Completion is expected in August of 2018.
Wake Forest Baptist Health Expands Davie Medical Center
Wake Forest Baptist Health is expanding the campus of Davie Medical Center in Bermuda Run, N.C. The $47 million addition will provide 50 inpatient beds as well as clinical space for geriatric and joint replacement services. Ground was broken on the project in December of 2015 and occupancy is expected in spring of 2017.
University of Toronto Opens Environmental Science and Chemistry Building
The University of Toronto opened the $52.7 million Environmental Science and Chemistry Building in January of 2016. Located on the Scarborough campus in Toronto, the 110,000-sf facility was designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and delivered with design-build construction partner EllisDon. Providing flexible teaching and research space for the study of climate change and environmental science, the five-story collaborative building houses classrooms, laboratories, and academic offices connected by a skylit forum and crossroads.
VU University Medical Center Builds Imaging Research Facility
VU University Medical Center will begin construction in March of 2016 on the 172,222-sf VUmc Imaging Center Amsterdam. Providing flexible laboratories for biomedical research, the six-story facility will promote interaction and collaboration by collocating the hospital's radiology and nuclear medicine departments in a single location. The sustainably designed project will be constructed to attain a BREEAM Very Good rating by a joint venture of De Beeldbouwers VOF and Ballast Nedam.