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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 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.

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. 

Argonne National Laboratory broke ground on the $34.5 million Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility on August 30, 2011. The 50,000-sf project will support research in structural genomics for the characterization of proteins used in medical therapeutics. Occupancy is expected in 2014.

Zayed University opened its new Khalifa City Campus in Abu Dhabi in September of 2011. Sited on 80 hectares, the academic and research campus includes 28 buildings, a sports complex, a convention center, and residential facilities. The $817 million project was developed in partnership with Mubadala Development Council and Abu Dhabi Education Council. Construction began on the campus in 2009.