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UCSF Medical Center Builds Mission Bay Hospital
The University of California San Francisco Medical Center initiated construction on an 878,000-sf hospital complex in January of 2011. Located in the Mission Bay development, the project will be built to attain LEED Gold sustainable design certification and will feature advanced building systems and technologies. The first phase of construction comprises a 289-bed hospital housing women’s services, pediatric care, and cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Merck Creates Biologics Research Center
Merck will renovate the former Schering-Plough headquarters in Kenilworth, N.J., to create a biologics research facility. The $120 million project will include 100,000 sf of new construction and will house 350 relocated employees. The facility will provide research space for the discovery of biological pharmaceutical products.
Trinity College Dublin Plans School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Trinity College Dublin will build the $69 million South East Corner Development to house the School of Engineering and the School of Natural Sciences. The 161,458-sf facility will provide advanced research laboratories and teaching spaces. Healy Kelly Turner & Townsend is the project manager. The sustainably designed facility will be built in phases with initial occupancy in 2014 and final completion expected in 2017.
University of New South Wales Plans Wallace Wurth Building
The University of New South Wales is planning to build the Wallace Wurth Building in Sydney. Accommodating 678 staff and 1300 students, the medical teaching, research, and training facility will house wet and dry labs, classrooms, lecture halls, seminar rooms, and an animal facility.
Idaho National Laboratory Breaks Ground on Energy Systems Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory broke ground on the Energy Systems Laboratory on February 1, 2011. Representing an expansion of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies, the facility will house research, teaching, and demonstration facilities for the study of alternative energy systems and technologies.