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University of Iowa Builds Children's Hospital
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will begin construction in October of 2012 on the $284 million Children's Hospital in Iowa City. The 13-story tower will enable UIHC to consolidate all pediatric services in a single location. Two of the floors will be constructed below grade. Occupancy is expected in early 2016.
Emory University Breaks Ground on Dual-Function Facility at Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Emory University broke ground in December of 2011 on the Dual-Function Facility at Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta. Supported by $15 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the three-story, 19,800-sf building will house the Emory Institute for Drug Discovery and the Center for Innovative Genetics. The project will support research in emerging infectious diseases and will include vivarium space and procedure suites. Completion is expected in spring of 2013.
UC Berkeley Breaks Ground on Computational Research and Theory Facility at LBNL
The University of California, Berkeley broke ground on the $145 million Computational Research and Theory (CRT) facility on February 1, 2012. Located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the 145,000-sf project will accommodate approximately 300 researchers and staff engaged in interdisciplinary supercomputing research. The CRT will house the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center, the Computational Research Division, and the Energy Sciences Network.
United States Constructs Faculty of Education Buildings in Pakistan
The United States will construct new Faculty of Education buildings at six universities in Pakistan. The universities include Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University in Quetta; Hazara University in Mansehra; the University of Education in Lahore; the University of Sindh in Hyderabad; the University of Karachi in Karachi; and Sardar Abdul Latif University in Khairpur.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab Plans Richmond Campus
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will build a second research campus on 120 acres in Richmond, Calif. Located at the Richmond Field Station, the 2 million-sf complex will support research on renewable energy, bioscience, human genomics, and cancer. The campus will house over 800 scientists and is expected to open in 2016.