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South Dakota State University Plans Capital Projects
South Dakota State University is planning $70 million in construction and renovation projects as part of a ten year capital improvement plan. The projects include the $17 million Architecture, Math and Engineering Building; a $12.4 million renovation to create the Visual Arts Facility; a $33.1 million Performing Arts Center addition; the new $3.7 million Cow-Calf Research and Education Unit; and $3.8 million for a new headhouse and greenhouses.
Kirklees College Builds Waterfront Campus
Kirklees College is building the 2.65 acre Waterfront complex in Huddersfield in the United Kingdom. The 269,000-sf project includes a nine-story academic building and a five-story library and student services facility. The Waterfront campus was designed by Broadway Malyan and is expected to attain BREEAM sustainable design certification. A new engineering building is also being constructed for a total investment of $126 million. Occupancy of both projects is expected in September of 2012.
Safran Builds Rochester Aerospace Manufacturing Facility
Safran USA is partnering with Albany Engineered Composites to build a 275,000-sf facility for manufacturing advanced aerospace components in Rochester, N.H. The $100 million facility will be located in the Granite State Business Park and will support training partnerships with Great Bay Community College and the Community College System of New Hampshire.
Brigham and Women's University Opens Advanced Operating Suite
Brigham and Women's Hospital opened the 5,700-gsf Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating (AMIGO) suite in December of 2011 in Boston. As the world’s first three-bay operating suite to house MRI, PET/CT, Ultrasound, and Angiography in one place, along with surgical navigation tools and image registering and integration software, AMIGO offers significant advancements to developing image-guided surgical treatment procedures.
Ohio State University Medical Center Builds Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
Ohio State University Medical Center is building the $1 billion Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute in Columbus. The 17-story, 276-bed tower will provide integrated research and treatment facilities including critical care beds, laboratories, and medical offices. Ground was broken on the project in June of 2010 and completion is expected in 2014.