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Michigan State University Dedicates Secchia Center
Michigan State University dedicated the $90 million Secchia Center in Grand Rapids in September of 2010. Housing the College of Human Medicine, the seven-story, 180,000-sf facility provides teaching labs, classrooms, simulation suites, clinical exam rooms, offices, and student areas. Construction began on the facility in April of 2008. The Secchia Center was created in partnership with Spectrum Health, Van Andel Institute, Saint Mary’s Health Care, and Grand Valley State University. The project team included construction manager The Christman Co.
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Completes Advanced Light Source Support Building
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory completed the Advanced Light Source (ALS) User Support Building in September of 2010. The $35 million project houses R&D labs for battery technology research, offices, conference rooms, and high bay staging space. The project received $14.7 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Breaks Ground on Lexington Expansion
Cubist Pharmaceuticals broke ground in September of 2010 on a 104,000-sf expansion of its research facility in Lexington, Mass. The project will provide additional laboratory space for pharmaceutical development. Completion is expected in early 2012.
Wheaton College Constructs Science and Technology Center
Wheaton College is building the $42 million Mars Science and Technology Center in Norton, Mass. The 99,000-sf project includes renovation of the first floor of the existing science center and construction of a three-story, 77,800-sf building. Designed by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, the facility will provide teaching and research labs and will house the departments of biology, chemistry, math, computer sciences, physics, and astronomy. The general contractor for the project is BOND Construction.
NICE Plans Salina Nanotech Facility
The Nanotechnology Innovation and Commercialization Excelerator (NICE) will renovate 100,000 sf in an existing building in Salina, N.Y., to create a nanotechnology research facility. The $16 million project will transform Building #3 in Electronics Park to provide technology development labs and a business incubator. Construction will begin on the project in early 2011 with completion expected in fall of 2012.