Industry News

Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre broke ground on the $239 million Women's Hospital in June of 2011.The 300,000-sf facility will feature advanced newborn care suites, inpatient rooms, medical offices, and surgical facilities. The project was designed by Manitoba Health and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.

Sanofi Pasteur opened a $101 million bioprocessing research and development facility on its Connaught Campus in Toronto in June of 2011. The project represents the establishment of Sanofi Pasteur's North American Centre of Excellence in Analytical and Bioprocessing Research and Development. The facility is known as Building 95 and will support advanced vaccine development and production.

The University of Oregon is constructing the $65 million Lewis Integrative Science Building in Eugene. Designed by THA Architecture and HDR with Lease Crutcher Lewis as construction manager, the five-story facility will provide 100,000 sf of interdisciplinary research, teaching, and collaboration space for the study of nanotechnology, molecular biology, neuroscience, and energy. LEED Platinum sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.

The Monroe County Public Safety Laboratory opened in June of 2011 in Rochester, N.Y. The $23 million crime and forensics lab includes areas for chemistry, biology, ballistics research, and DNA analysis. Construction began on the facility in 2009.

Dartmouth College is building the $32 million Visual Arts Center in Hanover, N.H. The 106,000-sf facility was designed by Machado and Silvetti Associates of Boston and is being built by Suffolk Construction. The four-story building will provide classrooms, labs, offices, and a theater to support programs in studio arts, film, and television studies. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. Completion is expected in April of 2012.