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Okanagan College Opens Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building
Okanagan College opened the $28 million Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation in December of 2011. Located in Penticton, British Columbia, the zero-energy, zero-waste facility features the largest photovoltaic solar array on a non-utility building in Canada. Supporting education, research, and training in sustainable design, the building includes interactive instrumentation for the monitoring of building systems. The facility also houses the Okanagan Research and Innovation Centre.
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine Dedicates Stem Cell Research Facility
The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine dedicated its $126 million stem cell research facility in December of 2011. Located in La Jolla, Calif., the four-story, 150,700-sf building houses open labs, offices, a conference center, protein and nucleic acid analysis suites, and core facilities with advanced imaging and robotics. Ground was broken on the project in December of 2009. The general contractor was Lankford & Associates of San Diego, a subsidiary of Colorado-based Hensel Phelps Construction.
National Imaging Facility Opens in Sydney
The $25 million National Imaging Facility opened in Sydney in December of 2011. Located in Camperdown near the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI), the project includes a MeV cyclotron for the creation of radioactive isotopes, a radiolabeling facility, and a biomedical imaging lab with advanced analysis and modeling capabilities. The National Imaging Facility was created in partnership with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.
Humber River Regional Hospital Breaks Ground in Toronto
Humber River Regional Hospital broke ground on a 656-bed replacement hospital in Toronto in December of 2011. The 1.6 million-sf facility will feature an expanded emergency department, specialized outpatient services, and advanced infectious disease containment systems. The project developer is Plenary Health Care Partnerships and the value of the construction contract is $1.75 billion, which includes design, construction, building maintenance, life-cycle repair and renewal, and project financing.
Rush University Medical Center Opens Chicago Hospital
Rush University Medical Center opened a $654 million hospital in Chicago in December of 2011. Designed by Perkins+Will, the 14-story, 806,000-sf tower houses the Mary Jo and John Boler Center for Advanced Imaging, an emergency department with 60 treatment bays, 42 technology-rich procedure rooms, and the McCormick Foundation Center for Advanced Emergency Response. Construction began on the 304-bed facility in fall of 2008. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.