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San Antonio Community Hospital Expands in Upland
San Antonio Community Hospital is initiating a $158 million expansion in Upland, Calif. The project includes construction of a four-story, 179,000-sf patient tower. The addition will provide 12 ICU beds, 80 inpatient beds in private rooms, and a 58,000-sf Emergency Department with 52 treatment beds. Completion is expected in April of 2013.
Purdue Calumet Opens Renovated Visualization Center
Purdue University Calumet opened the newly renovated Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation in October of 2011. The 6,300-sf multidisciplinary research center is located on the first floor of the Powers Computer Education Building on the Calumet campus in Hammond, Ind. The $2.7 million renovation and expansion project provides updated simulation and visualization labs, including an immersive research theater and a 3D virtual classroom.
Xavier University Dedicates Residence and Dining Complex
Bishop Fenwick Place, Xavier University’s new residential and dining complex, was dedicated in September of 2011 in Cincinnati. Designed by Shepley Bulfinch, Fenwick Place is home to 535 sophomores with suite-style living in four connected wings that rise above a green terrace. The terrace also serves as the roof of Hoff Dining Commons, the university’s new central dining facility. The new Commons seats up to 700 and a retail component with seating spills onto the patio outside.
The Almac Group Expands in Craigavon
The Almac Group is expanding its pharmaceutical R&D campus in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, with the construction of a $7.2 million formulation development facility. The scale-up laboratory will support early stage clinical development of solid oral dose drug products. Completion is expected in mid-2012. A second phase of expansion will include the construction of additional analytical and quality control labs, with completion slated for year-end 2012.
Los Alamos National Lab Plans Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility
Los Alamos National Laboratory will build a $5.8 billion nuclear research facility in Los Alamos, N.M. The project will include construction of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Building, which will provide 22,500 nsf of lab space for the study of plutonium and other radioactive materials. Waste processing and disposal facilities will also be built.