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University of Waterloo Breaks Ground on Summit Centre for the Environment
The University of Waterloo broke ground on the $9 million Summit Centre for the Environment in Huntsville, Ontario, in August of 2009. The 30,000-sf research facility will support environmental science and ecology with laboratories, classrooms, seminar rooms, and dormitories. Completion is expected by fall of 2010.
Department of Agriculture Funds Facility Upgrades
The Department of Agriculture announced in June of 2009 that it will provide $176 million in funding for renovations, repairs, and maintenance at 36 laboratory facilities. The funding has been allocated from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
University of Colorado Dedicates Science and Engineering Building
The University of Colorado dedicated the $56 million Science and Engineering Building in Colorado Springs in August of 2009. The 156,000-sf facility houses 53 research labs, 32 teaching labs, and 11 classrooms. The sustainably designed building houses the departments of biology, physics, and mechanical and aerospace engineering, as well as the National Institute for Science, Space, and Security Centers, and the CU Institute for Bioenergetics. Ground was broken for the project in 2006.
Medicago and Genepole Plan Flu Vaccine Manufacturing Facility
Medicago is partnering with Genepole to construct a flu vaccine manufacturing facility in Evry, France. The facility will utilize Medicago’s plant-based vaccine production technology. Construction of the facility will commence pending successful phase one clinical trials of an H5N1 vaccine.
UC Berkeley Plans Computational Research and Theory Facility
The University of California, Berkeley is planning to construct the $112.9 million Computational Research and Theory Facility. The 126,300-gsf project will house the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center. Providing 73,000-asf, the facility will house a 32,000-sf high performance computing floor and offices for NERSC and university researchers.