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University of Manchester Builds Cancer Research Centre
The University of Manchester began building the new Manchester Cancer Research Centre in December of 2012. The $46 million facility will provide advanced laboratories for the development of personalized cancer therapies. The project is created in partnership with Cancer Research UK and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The general contractor is Capita Symonds. Occupancy is expected in summer of 2014.
Roche Builds Diagnostics Operations Complex II
Roche will build the $260 million Diagnostics Operations Complex II in Penzberg, Germany. The 280,000-sf project will support the production of reagents used in immunoassay testing. The complex will include a six-story lab building and two single-story manufacturing facilities. Completion is expected in late 2014.
AFRL Opens Advanced Power and Thermal Research Lab
The Air Force Research Laboratory opened the $24 million Advanced Power and Thermal Research Lab in December of 2012. Located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the three-story, 53,000-sf facility provides research labs, cleanrooms, fabrication suites, blast-proof battery research chambers, and radio frequency-shielded labs for the study of electromagnetic interference. The facility was created by a complete renovation of the existing Static Test Laboratory.
Mount Sinai Medical Opens Hess Center for Medicine and Science
Mount Sinai Medical Center opened the $440 million Leon and Norma Hess Center for Science and Medicine in New York in December of 2012. Outpatient clinics are located on two floors of the 12-story facility with six floors dedicated to research laboratories. The 500,000-sf Hess Center includes two basement levels housing advanced imaging technologies including a combined MRI/PET, a computed tomography scanner, and a 7 Tesla MRI.
University of Tennessee Completes Veterinary Medicine Facility
The University of Tennessee completed a $20.9 million facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville in December of 2012. The renovated and expanded Equine and Farm Animal Hospital features surgical suites, a large animal MRI, and an underwater treadmill for equine therapy. The facility also provides isolation stalls with individual air systems and separate exterior doors to prevent exposure. The project comprises 65,000 sf of new construction and 18,700 sf of renovated space. Occupancy will occur in phases in early 2013.