Industry News

Micron is building a research and development facility in Boise, Idaho. The project will feature a 50,000-sf advanced materials characterization lab and cleanroom. Completion is expected in early 2012.

Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAM HSC) has successfully implemented AssetWorks' AiM™ software solution. The implementation includes the systematic organization of design and construction digital data representing all the facility assets for TAM HSC. The AssetWorks Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system was implemented meeting or exceeding all target metrics of system performance, timing, and cost.

Sanford Health will break ground in 2013 on the $360 million Sanford Fargo Medical Center in North Dakota. The 11-story, 704,000-sf hospital will provide 371 private patient rooms in a facility that promotes maximum integration of research with clinical care. Sanford Fargo Medical Center will house 30 operating rooms, 10 cardiac catheterization labs, 40 emergency and trauma rooms, and 300 clinical exam rooms. Completion is expected in 2016.

Methodist Hospital Research Institute will complete construction of a BSL-4 imaging suite in its Houston facility in August of 2011. The $8.6 million project was created in partnership with Philips Healthcare and will enable patients with highly infectious diseases to be imaged in a contained environment. The suite includes an MRI, a PET/CT scanner, and a SPECT/CT scanner. The equipment will be located in airtight compartments to prevent the spread of pathogens.

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will begin construction in spring of 2012 on a $50 million research and education facility in Idaho Falls. The three-story, 148,000-sf project will support research on energy and energy security. The building will also include an auditorium and a visitor area. The facility will enable INL to consolidate several existing labs in a single location. Completion is expected in summer of 2013.