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Brock University Builds Bioscience Complex
Brock University is building the $111 million Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex in St. Catherines, Ontario. The 176,000-sf project will house Canada's only CL3 biocontainment facility dedicated entirely to research. Designed by architectsAlliance in association with Payette, the complex is being built by EllisDon with Crossey Engineering as electrical and mechanical consultant, MHPM as project manager, and Halsall Associates as LEED consultant.
University of South Florida Polytechnic Plans Lakeland Campus
The University of South Florida Polytechnic will begin construction in fall of 2011 on a new campus in Lakeland. Completion is expected in May of 2012. The architect and engineer for the project is Santiago Calatrava. The first 78,000-nsf building will support applied teaching and research with advanced laboratories and classrooms.
GE Aviation Builds Dayton R&D Center
General Electric Aviation will begin construction in mid-2011 on the $51 million Electrical Power Integrated Systems Research and Development Center (EPISCENTER) in Dayton, Ohio. Sited on land owned by the University of Dayton, the 115,000-sf facility will support research on electrical power systems for aircraft, ships, and automobiles. EPISCENTER will feature advanced simulation suites and is expected to be fully operational by year-end 2012.
Western Kentucky University Renovates Science Campus IV
The renovation of Science Campus IV for Western Kentucky University has been awarded to Ross Tarrant Architects with RFD (Research Facilities Design) as laboratory design consultant. This will be RFD’s third project on campus in the last 10 years, having designed the laboratories for the Complex for Engineering & Biological Sciences and Snell Hall.
Iowa State University Completes Biorenewables Complex
The first phase of the Biorenewables Complex was recently constructed at Iowa State University, further establishing ISU’s reputation as a leader in agricultural and engineering research. The 72,000-sf building for the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering has 24,000 sf of large, open/flexible research and teaching laboratory space for biochemistry and microbiology. The facility has been nominated for LEED Gold certification.