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Edmonton Clinic Builds Integrated Research and Healthcare Facility
The Edmonton Clinic’s $909 million Integrated Research and Healthcare facility is slated for completion in September of 2011. Designed to integrate healthcare, research, and education, the 106,000-sm project will feature a simulation suite for medical training, an outpatient clinic, and 140 inpatient beds. Construction began on the two-building complex in 2007. The Integrated Research and Healthcare Facility is a partnership of the University of Edmonton and Alberta's Capital Health.
Charles Sturt University Opens Veterinary Diagnostics Lab
Charles Sturt University opened the $8.2 million Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory in Wagga Wagga in February of 2010. Providing space for animal disease detection and post-mortem examinations of livestock, the secure facility features a PC3 (physical containment level three) laboratory for infectious disease research on select agents such as anthrax, Q-fever, and psittacosis.
University of Toronto Constructs Mississauga Academy of Medicine
The University of Toronto is building the four-story Health Sciences Complex in Mississauga, Ontario. Housing the Mississauga Academy of Medicine and laboratories for chemistry, forensics, molecular biology, and biomedical research, the $36 million facility is slated for completion in summer of 2011. The project manager is PMX Inc.
Indiana University Designs Science and Engineering Building
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is designing a 45,000-sf addition to the School of Science and Engineering & Technology. The $25 million project will provide laboratories and a vivarium. A planned second phase of construction will include teaching and research labs, classrooms, administrative offices, and conference rooms.
Queensland Institute of Medical Research Constructs Biomedical Laboratories
The Queensland Institute of Medical Research broke ground in February of 2010 the $179 million Smart State Medical Research Centre in Brisbane. Housing 20 new research laboratories for the study of emerging infectious diseases, genetics, cancer, mental illness, and vaccine development, the 13-story facility will accommodate 400 scientists and students. Completion is expected in early 2012.