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Wright Patterson AFB Commissions Biocontainment Lab
Wright Patterson Air Force Base has awarded Four Seasons Environmental Inc. a $39,000 contract for biosafety commissioning and inspection. The facility being commissioned is the epidemiology laboratory at the U.S. School of Aerospace Medicine.
University of Windsor Builds Centre for Engineering
The University of Windsor is building the $112 million Centre for Engineering in Windsor, Ontario. The first phase of construction is nearing completion with the second phase slated for occupancy in fall of 2012. The 300,000-sf Centre for Engineering will house lecture halls, offices, and research laboratories. J.P. Thompson is the project manager and the construction manager is PCR Contractors.
Mayo Clinic Plans Phoenix Proton Therapy Facility
The Mayo Clinic is planning to break ground in early 2012 on a 300,000-sf cancer treatment facility in Phoenix. The project will include a 30,000-sf concrete vault for proton therapy equipment. Two and a half stories of the facility will be underground with one floor above grade. The center will feature four treatment rooms and its own central plant.
Rideout Memorial Hospital Expands in Marysville
Rideout Memorial Hospital will begin construction in October of 2011 on a $225 million expansion and renovation of its healthcare facility in Marysville, Calif. The project will add six floors and 215,000 sf to the existing hospital, creating a regional medical center with an expanded emergency room, a larger cancer center, and a rooftop helipad. The general contractor is Hilbers Inc. of Yuba City. The project will provide an additional 100 patient rooms and is being developed in partnership with U.C. Davis.
Fairleigh Dickinson University Breaks Ground on Monninger Center for Learning and Research
Fairleigh Dickinson University broke ground on the $20 million Monninger Center for Learning and Research in June of 2011. Located on the Florham campus in Madison, N.J., the new library center will include classrooms and a 100-seat lecture hall. The project includes construction of a two-story, 20,000-sf addition and renovation of the existing library. The Center for Learning and Research was designed by architect Michael Farewell as a sustainable facility with abundant daylighting and efficient building systems.