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Sanofi Pasteur Opens Canadian Bioprocessing R&D Facility
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.
University of Oregon Constructs Integrative Science Building
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.
Monroe County Public Safety Laboratory Opens in Rochester
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 Builds Visual Arts Center
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.
University of Texas at Arlington's Engineering Research Building Attains LEED Gold
The University of Texas at Arlington has attained LEED Gold sustainable design certification for the $126 million Engineering Research Building. Housing the departments of Bioengineering and Computer Science and Engineering, the 234,000-gsf facility provides classrooms, research and teaching labs, a science and engineering library, collaboration space, and faculty offices. The project was designed by Page Southerland Page with RFD (Research Facilities Design) as laboratory design consultant.