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National University of Ireland Opens Galway Engineering Building
The National University of Ireland, Galway opened a $57.3 million engineering facility in July of 2011. Ground was broken on the project in October of 2009. The four-story, 153,385-sf building provides classrooms, lecture halls, faculty offices, and 36 laboratories. The sustainably designed facility is constructed with a voided slab system which integrates plastic bubbles into the concrete used in the structure. The building is designed to act as a teaching tool and includes heat exchangers, a biomass boiler, and grass roofs.
Hogeschool van Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Constructs Academic and Residential Facilities
Hogeschool van Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences has awarded Ballast Nedam a $133.2 million contract to construct academic and residential facilities at the new Amstel Campus. The 728,716-sf project will include the Wibaut Building, housing academic, office, and parking space; and the Boerhavve Building, providing academic, residential, and sports facilities. Completion is expected in late 2014.
Cargill Opens Wichita R&D Center
Cargill opened its $14.7 million research and development facility in July of 2011 in Wichita, Kan. Housing research labs, offices, and product development space, the 75,000-sf food science innovation center will house 70 employees. Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, as well as agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services.
Michigan State University Builds Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research
Michigan State University is building the $17.6 million Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research in East Lansing. The three-story, 50,000-sf facility will provide teaching labs, classrooms, conference rooms, faculty offices, and 20,906 gsf of research space. Ground was broken on the project in September of 2010 with occupancy expected in October of 2012. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility, which will feature a ground-source geothermal heating and cooling system.
NanoSonic Products Opens cGMP Facility
NanoSonic Products opened its new cGMP manufacturing facility in July of 2011 in Alachua, Fla. The renovated and expanded building will support the production of cyclodextrin by NanoSonic's proprietary pulse drying process. All of the facility's energy requirements will be met by photovoltaic panels. The technologies and systems used in the manufacturing process are designed for maximum energy efficiency.