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Suffolk University Constructs Academic Building
Suffolk University is planning to build a $49 million academic building in Boston. The 10-story, 110,000-sf facility will provide classrooms, teaching labs, faculty offices, an art gallery, and a cafeteria. The project team includes architect NBBJ and general contractor Suffolk Construction. Lean construction methodology will be employed in the delivery of the project, as well as Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) technologies. Occupancy is expected in July of 2015.
University of Colorado Builds Center for Academic Health Sciences in Colorado Springs
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) is building the $18.5 million Lane Center for Academic Health Sciences. The 54,000-sf facility will provide instructional space for the College of Medicine as well as housing the Trauma Health and Hazards Center, the Lane Family Senior Health Center, the Gerontology Center, the Aging Center, and clinical space for the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Completion is expected in January of 2014. The project is part of the planned eight-building, 575,000-sf National Sports, Art and Wellness Village.
Auburn University Builds Small Animal Teaching Hospital
Auburn University is building the Wilford and Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital in Auburn, Ala. The 208,000-sf facility features designated units for each type of hospital service, each including an exam room, a treatment room, and a student seminar room. The hospital will also house a sterile surgical suite, a critical care unit, diagnostic imaging, radiology, and clinical pathology. Construction began in spring of 2012 and completion is expected in fall of 2014.
ZS Genetics Opens Wakefield Lab
ZS Genetics opened a 10,000-sf laboratory and office facility in July of 2013 in Wakefield, Mass. The building includes a chemistry lab, a DNA sample preparation lab, electron microscopy suites, and offices. The facility will support the consolidation of employees previously sited in disparate locations as well as accommodating future growth.
UBC Biological Sciences Complex Obtains LEED Gold
The University of British Columbia has received LEED Gold certification from the Canada Green Building Council for the 172,000-sf Biological Sciences Complex renewal project in Vancouver. Designed by Aston Ostry Architects, the renovated facility provides advanced research space for the Departments of Botany and Zoology.