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University of Scranton Builds Center for Rehabilitation Education
The University of Scranton is building a $47.5 million center for rehabilitation education in Scranton, Pa. Supporting an interprofessional medical education pedagogy, the 116,000-sf facility will provide classrooms, simulation training suites, faculty offices, and 25 laboratories for programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy, and exercise science. The center was designed by Hemmler + Camayd and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in association with HERA Laboratory Planners.
University of Connecticut Plans Innovation Partnership Building
The University of Connecticut began construction in June of 2015 on the 119,000-sf Innovation Partnership Building in Storrs. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the $170 million project will provide flexible laboratories to support collaborative R&D with industry partners in advanced manufacturing, materials science, cyber infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.
Aesica Opens Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility
Aesica Pharmaceuticals opened the $50 million High Capacity Manufacturing Facility in Queenborough in the United Kingdom in February of 2014. Designed and built by Scitech, the project will produce one billion tablets a year at current capacity. A second phase of expansion will enable the plant to manufacture 2.5 billion tablets annually. The building features two 59-foot spray granulators and a 925-gallon MatCon IBC (intermediate bulk container). Kirk Saunders was the civil and structural engineer for the project.
Hewlett Packard Breaks Ground on Galway R&D Facility
Hewlett Packard broke ground on an 89,000-sf R&D facility in Ballybrit in the Republic of Ireland in February of 2014. Designed by Taylor Architects, the building will house 700 employees engaged in software research and the development of cloud computing technologies. The project team includes general contractor M.J. Conroy Group, engineering consultants Arup and RPS, and project manager AECOM. Completion is expected in February of 2015.
Radford University Constructs Humanities and Behavioral Sciences Building
Radford University will begin construction in spring of 2014 on a $53 million facility to house the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences in Radford, Va. The 143,600-sf project will enable the University to consolidate all of the college’s departments in a single facility and will provide laboratories, classrooms, offices, a television studio, a moot courtroom, an emergency operations training center, a forensic lab, and student/faculty collaboration space. The project team includes Mosely Architects and construction manager S.B.