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Construction Begins on Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Construction began in November of 2011 on the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, Va. The 60,000-sf collaborative research facility represents a partnership of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University. Supporting advanced research in surface engineering and manufacturing systems, the 50,000-sf facility will house computational and large-scale production labs as well as production space for heavy equipment and surface coating processes.
Binghamton University Opens Engineering & Science Building
Binghamton University opened the $66 million Engineering and Science Building in November of 2011. Located in Vestal, N.Y., the two-story, 125,000-sf building houses the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The facility provides flexible teaching and research labs and business incubator space for the development of industry partnerships.
Boehringer Ingelheim Breaks Ground on R&D Facility
Boehringer Ingelheim broke ground on a $65 million research and development facility in Ridgefield, Conn., in November of 2011. The 72,000-sf facility will support the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients for early stage product development. Completion is expected in 2014. A $42.5 million safety assessment building is also under construction. Boehringer Ingelheim is based in Germany.
Aston University Builds European Bioenergy Research Institute
Aston University began construction in fall of 2011 on the £16.5 million European Bioenergy Research Institute in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. The facility will house research laboratories for the development of advanced energy technologies. The building will be powered by renewable energy from pilot scale photo bioreactors and a small scale industrial power plant which will generate heat and power from biomass.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Reaches Structural Completion
Mubadala Healthcare announced the structural completion of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in November of 2011. This milestone follows the appointment of the main contractor, Sixco-Samsung Joint Venture, by development manager Aldar Properties PJSC in March of 2010. The next phase of construction will see the transition of the 2.2 million-sf hospital through various MEP installations and a multifaceted façade system, to deliver a world-class medical facility in the second quarter of 2013.