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Rolls-Royce Builds Advanced Airfoil Machining Facility
Rolls-Royce will break ground in early 2013 on the $136 million Advanced Airfoil Machining Facility at its Crosspointe campus in Petersburg, Va. The 90,000-sf manufacturing plant will produce components for Rolls Royce aircraft engines. Completion is expected in late 2013 with operations commencing in 2014. The Crosspointe campus also houses the 60,000-sf Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing and an 180,000-sf aerospace manufacturing facility.
BASF Builds R&D Facility
BASF is building a $64 million research and development facility at its existing campus in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The 46,000-sf laboratory building will support collaborative materials science and chemistry research. The sustainably designed facility will utilize innovative construction materials including high performance foams and engineered flooring surfaces. Occupancy is expected in mid-2015.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Opens Design Hub
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology opened the $80 Design Hub in November of 2012. The collaborative facility will support applied research in architecture, creative media, game design, engineering, landscape architecture, industrial design, textiles and fashion design, interior design, and urban design. RMIT is also building the $6.5 million, 10,763-sf Micro Nano Research Facility housing Class 100 and Class 10,000 cleanrooms; occupancy is expected in November of 2013.
University of Oklahoma Breaks Ground on Radar Innovations Lab
The University of Oklahoma broke ground on the $15 million Radar Innovations Lab in October of 2012. Located on the OU Research Campus in Norman, the collaborative 35,000-sf facility will feature high bay laboratory space, prototyping fabrication areas, a testing suite, and two precision anechoic chambers. Completion is expected in fall of 2013.
University of Hawaii Plans Biocontainment Lab
The University of Hawaii is planning to build the $47.5 Pacific Health Research Lab in Kalaeloa in West Oahu. The 31,000-sf facility will provide biocontainment laboratories for the study of emerging infectious diseases. The project will be a Regional Biosafety Laboratory and is supported by funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.