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Wayne State University Breaks Ground on Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Building
Wayne State University broke ground on the $93 million Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Building in October of 2012 in Detroit. Designed by Harley Ellis Devereaux, the 200,000-sf project includes 127,700 gsf of renovated space and 75,000 gsf of new construction. Providing wet and dry labs, faculty offices, and clinical space, the facility will house programs in bioinformatics, computational biology, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, biomedical engineering, and systems biology. The general contractor is Barton Malow.
National Center for Atmospheric Research Opens Cheyenne Supercomputer Facility
The National Center for Atmospheric Research opened the $66 million NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne in October of 2012. Supporting advanced climate modeling, the 153,000-sf facility houses a 1.5 petaflop IBM supercomputer with over 100,000 processors in a 24,000-sf area with a sub-floor ten feet deep to accommodate infrastructure and cooling needs. The project was built by Saunders Construction of Denver and has attained LEED Gold sustainable design certification.
UMass Lowell Opens Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center
The University of Massachusetts Lowell opened the $80 million Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) in October of 2012. Designed by HDR and built by Turner Construction, the 84,000-sf facility accommodates research in nanotechnology, molecular biology, plastics engineering, and optics. The building houses a biomedical materials development lab, a high bay manufacturing area, a compounding lab, and a nanotechnology R&D center with wet and dry chemistry, biology, and materials labs.
Colorado State University Builds Engines and Energy Conversion Lab
Colorado State University began construction in October of 2012 on a 65,000-sf million expansion of the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory in Fort Collins. The $18.5 million project will provide additional research space for the College of Engineering and a business incubator. LEED Platinum sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility, which will feature combined heat and power, nighttime cold storage, and the use of wind, solar, and biomass fuel sources.
University of Maryland Plans Learning and Teaching Center
The University of Maryland will begin construction in 2014 on the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center in College Park. Designed by Ayers Saint Gross, the $40 million project includes renovation of 27,400 sf in Holzapfel Hall and construction of a 63,400-sf building. The facility will provide technology-rich classrooms and auditoria and is slated for completion in February of 2016. The general contractor for the project is Clark Construction Group.