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Karolinska Hospital Builds Stockholm Facility
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.
Commonwealth Medical College Completes Science Building
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.
AALAC Adopts Position Statements on 8th Edition of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
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:
ORNL Dedicates Chemical and Materials Sciences Building
Oak Ridge National Laboratory dedicated the $95 million Chemical and Materials Sciences Building in July of 2011. The three-story, 160,000-sf facility houses equipment suites, 56 laboratories, 164 offices, and 91 modular workstations for the development of advanced energy products and technologies. The Chemical and Material Sciences Building houses two DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers, the Center for Fluid Interface Reaction Structure and Transport (FIRST) and the Center for Defect Physics (CDP).
Indiana University Health Builds Neuroscience Center
Indiana University Health is building the 270,000-sf Neuroscience Center in Indianapolis. Located on the IU Health Methodist Hospital campus, the six-story outpatient facility will include clinical and research diagnostic imaging, surgical suites, collaboration and education space, and a robotic laboratory. Occupancy is expected in summer of 2012. The outpatient facility is the first phase of IU Health’s $120 million neuroscience complex. An adjacent research facility is expected to open in 2013.