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King's College London Plans Clinical Neuroscience Institute
King's College London has selected Devereux Architects and Allies & Morrison to design its £41m Clinical Neuroscience Institute facility. The project will support translational research on neuroscience, neurogenetics, epilepsy, and neurodegeneration. Completion is expected by December of 2010.
Saint-Gobain Expands Northborough R&D Facility
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain broke ground in July of 2008 on a $15 million expansion of its research and development facility in Northborough, Mass. The project will add 61,000-sf of laboratory, office, and conference space to the building, which is one of Saint-Gobain’s four worldwide research centers. The expansion will enable the company to add an additional 40 workers at the site for a total of 340 employees. The architect for the expansion is Shepley Bulfinch of Boston with A.J. Martini of Winchester as general contractor.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Develops Biomedical Research Campus
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is building a $100 million biomedical research campus in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. The Hillside Campus will be comprised of six buildings totaling 100,000 sf and will house 15 additional faculty and 200 employees. Increasing CSHL’s research facilities by 40 percent, the project will support molecular biology and genetics research on cancer, autism, and schizophrenia.
Beacon Institute Builds Center for Advanced Environmental Research
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries is constructing the Center for Advanced Environmental Research (CAER) in Beacon, N.Y. Designed by Croxton Collaborative Architects and built by Turner Construction, the 30,000-sf research facility will support the development of river system monitoring technologies including networking and data analysis related to environmental sensors. The River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) will be headquartered in the new facility.
DuPont Partners with University of Tennessee on Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol is partnering with the University of Tennessee Research Foundation to build a cellulosic ethanol R&D facility and pilot-scale biorefinery in Vonore, Tenn. Developing the commercial package for DDCE’s cellulosic ethanol technology, the plant includes a process development unit (PDU). Sited in the Niles Ferry Industrial Park, the facility will utilize corn stover and switchgrass, two non-food biomass feedstocks, to produce 250,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol annually.