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University of Guelph Builds Veterinary Research Center
The University of Guelph's Ontario Veterinary College is building an animal cancer research and treatment facility. The $15 million project will house a linear accelerator for advanced radiation therapy. The 12,000-sf center will include an animal hospital with surgical suites as well as research laboratories. Occupancy is expected in late fall of 2011.
St. Francis Hospital Initiates Expansion
St. Francis Hospital will break ground in October of 2011 on a $110 million expansion in Columbus, Ga. The project includes a four-story, 189,131-sf clinical services building and a four-story, 169,000-sf medical office building. The expansion will provide a total of 230 private rooms, a women's health center, and seven operating rooms. The general contractor is Skanska USA Building. Completion is expected in early 2013.
Slidell Memorial Hospital Plans Emergency and Cardiology Expansion
Slidell Memorial Hospital has awarded KLMK Group the project management contract for a 56,000-sf emergency room and cardiology expansion in Slidell, La. Construction will begin in March 2012 and reach completion in June of 2013. The project will support quicker patient admittance, assessment, and discharge, as well as providing additional private inpatient rooms.
Data Realty Designs South Bend Data Center
Data Realty has selected ESD (Environmental Systems Design, Inc.), a specialist in mission critical facilities, to design a 50,000-sf data center/collocation facility in South Bend, Indiana. Located within the newly founded Ignition Technology Park, the greenfield facility will feature a modular layout. The sustainably designed center will utilize free cooling, high efficiency UPS modules, and an advanced electrical system. Completion is expected by August of 2012.
University of Colorado Plans Geosciences Complex
The University of Colorado will begin building a $100 million geosciences complex in September of 2012. Located on the East Campus in Boulder, the project will include renovation of the 280,000-sf MacAllister Building to house dry labs, classrooms, and offices, and construction of an 83,708-sf wet lab building. Completion is expected in May of 2014. The complex will provide a new home for the Environmental Studies Department.