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Scripps Health Builds Mira Mesa Proton Therapy Center
Scripps Health will build a $220 million proton therapy center in Mira Mesa, Calif. Construction will begin on the 102,000-sf facility in July of 2012 with completion expected in spring of 2013. The project will be created in partnership with Advanced Particle Therapy.
Marshall University Builds Huntington Facilities
Marshall University is planning a $100 million expansion of its campus in Huntington, W.V. The project includes a technology-rich classroom building, an applied engineering complex, a biotechnology incubator, a fine arts incubator, a parking structure, and an athletics complex including a sports medicine translational research facility. Construction will begin in January of 2012.
Princeton University Opens High-Performance Research Computing Center
Princeton University opened the High Performance Computing Center on its Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro in November of 2011. The two-story, 46,765-sf building provides a computing area, a data center, mechanical and electrical support space, and offices. The facility also houses the Terrascale Infrastructure for Groundbreaking Research in Engineering and Science (TIGRESS) Center. The project team included architect Gensler of San Francisco, engineer AKF Group of Boston, and project manager CS Technology.
University of Ontario Institute of Technology Opens Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology opened the Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre (ERC) in November of 2011 in Oshawa. The 100,000-sf building provides space for instruction, training, and research in nuclear engineering and sustainable energy development. The $45.4 million facility houses administrative and faculty offices, research and teaching labs, a 72-seat lecture hall, a four-story atrium, and study space. Construction began on the project in November of 2009 and reached completion in August of 2011.
Construction Begins on University Medical Center in New Orleans
Skanska and joint venture partner MAPP Construction have been awarded a $522 million contract to build phase one of the new University Medical Center in New Orleans for the State of Louisiana. Designed by NBBJ, the $1.2 billion project includes a 560,000-sf, 424-bed teaching hospital and a 746,982-sf diagnosis and treatment center. Ground was broken on the project in April of 2011 and occupancy is expected in February of 2015.