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Sanofi Builds Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia
Sanofi-Aventis broke ground in December of 2012 on a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia. Sited on a 377,000-sf plot of land near the city of Thuwal, the building will support the production of cardiovascular and oral anti-diabetic products.
Fermilab Plans First Phase of Neutrino Project
Fermilab is planning to build a $50 million facility in Lead, S.D., as the first phase of the $867 million Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) project. Housing a $250 million neutrino detector, the building will feature concrete walls ten feet thick to provide temperature insulation and shielding from cosmic rays. The detector itself will contain 10 kilotons of liquid Argon to provide cryostasis, the process of cooling to low sub-zero temperatures. The facility will be sited near the Sanford Underground Research Facility.
Washington University School of Medicine Opens New Outpatient Cancer Facility
Washington University School of Medicine opened the $27.5 million Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in south St. Louis in January of 2013. The multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment facility provides medical offices, labs, a linear accelerator, and a chemotherapy infusion suite. The project team for the 37,500-sf center included architect and engineer BSA LifeStructures and general contractor Paric Construction.
University of Wollongong Builds Sustainable Buildings Research Centre
The University of Wollongong is building the $26 million Sustainable Buildings Research Centre in New South Wales, Australia. The 28,000-sf facility will be the first Australian project to be certified by the Living Building Challenge and is expected to attain a six-star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. Designed by Cox Richardson of Sydney and built by Baulderstone, the net-zero-energy and net-zero-water building will feature an advanced HVAC system, photovoltaics, wind turbines, and a ground source heat exchanger.
University of Chicago Completes Center for Care and Discovery
The University of Chicago Medical Center will open the $688 million Center for Care and Discovery in February of 2013. The 10-story, 1.2 million-sf hospital pavilion will support the research and treatment of complex medical conditions. The adjacent Mitchell Hospital will be renovated to provide single-patient rooms.