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Indiana University School of Medicine Partners With Notre Dame on Harper Hall
Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend (IUSM-SB) and Notre Dame University broke ground on the $20 million Harper Hall in South Bend in November of 2008. The 55,000-sf project will house medical education facilities, offices, and 28 cancer research laboratories for IUSM-SB and the University of Notre Dame. The building will connect on three levels to the existing Raclin-Carmichael Hall, which houses IUSM-SB and Notre Dame’s Keck Center for Transgene Research.
National Cave and Karst Research Institute Builds Carlsbad Lab
The National Cave and Karst Research Institute broke ground on a $5.2 million research laboratory in Carlsbad, Calif., in November of 2008. The 17,315-sf facility will support geological research and will include a life-sized model of the Lechuguilla Cave crystal chandelier. Completion is expected by January of 2010.
Wacker Polymers America Builds Allentown Headquarters
Wacker Polymers America broke ground on its 67,000-sf headquarters in Allentown, Pa., in November of 2008. Supporting the creation of environmentally friendly dispersions, binders, polymer additives, and dispersible powders, the facility will house administrative functions and laboratories for R&D, applications testing, and product development. Occupancy is expected in late summer of 2009. Wacker Polymers America is a subsidiary of Germany-based Wacker Chemie AG.
Marine Biological Laboratory Renovates Regenerative Medicine Center
The Marine Biological Laboratory will begin construction in March of 2009 on a $25 million renovation of the three-story Loeb Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. Designed by Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, the project will create research space for regenerative biology and medicine. The general contractor is Shawmut Construction. Completion is slated for June of 2010.
University of Oxford Opens Animal Research Laboratory
The University of Oxford opened its £20 million Biomedical Sciences Building in the United Kingdom in November of 2008. Construction began on the animal research laboratory in 2003. Full research operations will commence in mid-2009. The facility primarily houses mice; 98 percent of the animals in the building are rodents with a small amount of fish, frogs, ferrets, and nonhuman primates.