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The University of Rochester will break ground in April of 2011 on the $24 million Raymond F. LeChase Hall in Rochester, N.Y. The four-story, 65,000-sf facility will provide classrooms, offices, and an atrium for the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development. The project team includes architectural firm SHW Group, architect of record Bergmann Associates, and LeChase Construction. Occupancy is expected in January of 2013.

Cooper University Hospital will begin construction in summer of 2011 on the $105 million Cooper Cancer Institute in Camden, N.J. The five-story, 158,300-sf facility will provide comprehensive cancer care with three floors of clinical space and two floors of research and administration space. Completion is expected in June of 2013.

Health First will open the 250,000-sf Viera Hospital in April of 2011. The five-story facility provides 84 private inpatient rooms and 16 private observation beds. The hospital includes an emergency department, diagnostic laboratory suites, an intensive care unit, and a freestanding central energy plant. 

Kennesaw State University broke ground on a $21 million facility for the College of Science and Mathematics in March of 2011. Located in Kennesaw, Ga., the 73,000-sf facility will house science teaching labs, instructional space, and research labs for faculty and students.

Construction began in January of 2011 on a $512 million renovation and expansion of Surrey Memorial Hospital in Surrey, B.C. The project includes construction of an eight-story critical care tower and a new emergency department. The construction manager is EllisDon. Completion is expected in 2014.