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Washington State University Plans Clean Technology Laboratory
Washington State University is planning to build the $52.8 million Clean Technology Laboratory Building on its Pullman campus. Housing programs in science and engineering, the 96,000-sf interdisciplinary facility will accommodate research on advanced materials, atmospheric science, and hydrology. The project team includes LMN Architects, general contractor Skanska, and laboratory design consultant Research Facilities Design. Completion is expected in summer of 2015.
Montreal University Health Centre Opens Research Institute
Montreal University Health Centre (Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal) opened its $470 million biomedical research institute in October of 2013. The project was delivered as a public-private partnership (PPP) in collaboration with Pomerleau Real Estate and construction manager Verrault. The building provides advanced laboratories for 160 research teams, a simulation training center, a cyclotron, and space for inpatient clinical trials. Occupancy is expected in January of 2014.
University of Kentucky Breaks Ground on Gatton College of Business and Economics
The University of Kentucky broke ground in October of 2013 on a $65 million expansion and renovation of the Gatton College of Business and Economics in Lexington. The completed 210,000-sf facility will provide a 500-seat auditorium, a financial trading simulation center, a behavioral research lab, 20 classrooms, and 40 breakout rooms. The project will increase the size of the existing College of Business building by 40 percent.
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Opens in Camden
The $100 million MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper opened in October of 2013 in Camden, N.J. The four-story, 103,050-sf comprehensive cancer facility represents a partnership of the Cooper University Health Care and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Supporting multidisciplinary, team-based patient care, the project provides examination and procedure rooms, conference areas, a healing garden, and instructional and administrative space for the School of Radiation Therapy.
Rowan University Breaks Ground on College of Engineering Expansion
Rowan University broke ground in October of 2013 on a $71 million addition to the College of Engineering in Glassboro, N.J. The three-story, 90,500-sf building is slated for completion in 2017.