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AERCO International, a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency water heaters and boilers, has moved its corporate headquarters to a new facility in Blauvelt, N.Y.  AERCO previously operated out of three separate facilities in Northvale, N.J. The new 156,000-sf building is more than twice the size of AERCO's former headquarters. The facility consolidates all existing operations into one location, allowing for improved communication and efficiency, while providing the necessary space for continued growth.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is building the Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion in Los Angeles. Designed by the Los Angeles office of HOK and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie, the 11-story, 440,000-sf building will provide integrated facilities for outpatient care, translational research, and medical education. The pavilion will house clinical space, diagnostic and imaging facilities, a pharmacy, an education center, research labs, a café, three-floors of underground parking, and two connecting pedestrian bridges.

Construction is under way on the New Karolinska Solna (NKS) Hospital, a 3.5 million-sf, multi-building facility in Solna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Owned by Stockholm County Council, the government entity responsible for providing healthcare and public transport to greater Stockholm, the $2.5 billion project is being built under a unique public-private-partnership (PPP) agreement.

AAALAC International’s Council on Accreditation has adopted six Position Statements to address several points in the 8th edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NRC 2011) that required interpretation for institutions participating in the accreditation program. The new Position Statements address:

Commonwealth Medical College completed the $115 million Medical Science Building in July of 2011. Located in Scranton, Pa., the four-story, 185,000-sf facility comprises two wings, one housing research space and the other for academic instruction. The building features 35 research labs, 24 small-group teaching rooms, an auditorium, lecture halls, simulation suites for medical training, and a gross anatomy lab with 21 air changes per hour. Construction began on the project in February of 2009. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.