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Hackensack University Medical Center Builds Westwood Hospital
Hackensack University Medical Center is building the $39 million Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, N.J. The project includes extensive renovations of an existing five-story facility as well as new construction. The completed hospital will provide obstetrics, orthopedics, and oncology, as well as 128 private inpatient rooms. Completion is expected in spring of 2013.
University of Ottawa Breaks Ground on Advanced Research Complex
The University of Ottawa broke ground on the Advanced Research Complex (ARC) in September of 2012. The $57 million project will house the Centre for Advanced Photonics and geoscience laboratories. The facility will feature low-vibration research spaces, constructed on an isolated slab, with refined temperature and humidity controls. The ARC will house an accelerator mass spectrometer and lasers for research in nanophotonics. Completion is expected in spring of 2014.
University of Leicester Builds Animal Research Facility
The University of Leicester opened a £16 million animal research facility in September of 2012 in the United Kingdom. The three-story, 48,000-sf Central Research Facility provides biomedical research laboratories, vivarium space for mice and rats, and advanced imaging suites. Construction began on the project in summer of 2010.
Construction Begins on Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Construction began in September of 2012 on the $1.8 billion Sunshine Coast University Hospital in Birtinya, Australia. Located on the Kawana Health Campus, the 10-story tertiary teaching hospital is being delivered by Exemplar Health Consortium as a public-private partnership (PPP). The construction subcontractor for the sustainably designed project is Lend Lease. The facility will open with 450 beds in late 2016 and will be fully commissioned with 738 beds in mid-2021.
University at Buffalo Opens School of Pharmacy
The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences opened its new home, the $62 million John and Editha Kapoor Hall in September of 2012. Designed by S/L/A/M Collaborative, the 147,000-sf building provides teaching and research labs, classrooms, conference rooms, and computer labs. Supporting clinical and translational research, the building will accommodate the study of proteomics, protein therapeutics, and pharmacogenomics. Ground was broken on the project in September of 2009.