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Utah State University’s USTAR BioInnovations Center was awarded LEED Gold sustainable design certification in October of 2011. The project team for the $60 million facility included AJC Architects and Gramoll Construction. The three-year project was completed within budget and ahead of schedule. Dedicated in October of 2010, the 118,000-sf building houses advanced life science research labs for several groups, including Synthetic BioManufacturing, Applied Nutrition Research, and Veterinary Diagnostics and Infectious Disease (VDID).

Huntsman Cancer Institute dedicated an $100 million expansion of its Salt Lake City hospital on October 28, 2011. Designed by Architectural Nexus and built by Okland Construction, the 156,000-sf addition doubles HCI's patient capacity. The expansion provides:

The joint venture design-build team of Clark Construction Group and McCarthy Building Companies has topped out the 500,000-sf Naval Replacement Hospital project at Camp Pendleton, having erected more than 4,000 tons of structural steel to reach the milestone.

Orebro University Hospital has awarded NCC Construction Sweden a $38 million contract to build a research and teaching facility. The three-story, 124,861-sf building will house laboratories, instructional spaces, offices, a library, and a restaurant. Completion is expected in September of 2013.

Swedish Health opened its 550,000-sf medical campus in Issaquah, Wash., in November of 2011. The project includes a five-story medical office building, a cancer center, a birthing center, an emergency department, an imaging center, and a laboratory. The facility will initially open with 80 beds with the ability to expand to 175 beds in the future. The sustainably designed hospital features green roofs, oversized ductwork, high-efficiency boilers, and a heat recovery chiller.