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Health Diagnostic Laboratory Builds Richmond Complex
Health Diagnostic Laboratory (HDL) is building a $68.5 million headquarters complex in Richmond. Located in the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, the Biotech 8 facility will provide 300,000 sf of research and administrative space. The project is being developed in two phases, with the first six-story building reaching completion in December of 2012. Construction will begin on a second six-story building in 2013. The general contractor is Lingerfelt.
Michigan State University Plans FRIB Research Support Facility
Michigan State University is planning to build a $15.5 million testing and assembly building to support the planned Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. Located at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory in East Lansing, the 27,000-sf high bay project will accommodate research on superconducting radio frequency components for particle accelerators.
Kennesaw State University Opens Science Facility
Kennesaw State University opened a $21 million laboratory building in October of 2012 in Kennesaw, Ga. The five-story, 73,000-sf addition will provide six teaching labs, 17 research labs, and classrooms for the College of Science and Mathematics. Designed by Perkins + Will, the collaborative facility features a confocal microscopy suite and a light-filled atrium that connects the addition to the existing science center. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the building, which uses chilled beam technology.
University of Oregon Opens Lewis Integrative Science Building
The University of Oregon opened the $65 million Lewis Integrative Science Building in October of 2012 in Eugene, Ore. The five-story facility provides 103,000 sf of interdisciplinary research, teaching, and collaboration space for the study of nanotechnology, molecular biology, neuroscience, and energy. Designed by THA Architecture and HDR with Lease Crutcher Lewis as construction manager, the building houses wet labs, dry labs, research offices, an MRI suite, an atrium, and shared core equipment areas.
Delaware State University Breaks Ground on Optical Science Center
Delaware State University broke ground on the $50 million Optical Science Center for Applied Research (OSCAR) in October of 2012. Construction will begin on the 70,000-sf facility in July of 2013 with completion expected in November of 2014. The project will house the University's Optics Program and will be built in two phases. The initial 27,000-sf phase will house labs supporting chemistry, nanochemistry, image analysis, conventional and confocal microscopy, and scanning electronic and atomic force microscopy.