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Dalhousie University Builds Oceans Excellence Centre
Dalhousie University will begin construction in spring of 2011 on the $30 million Oceans Excellence Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The 68,000-sf facility will be built as an addition to the Life Sciences Centre and will house offices, research space, and portable laboratories constructed from shipping containers, enabling investigators to use the same labs while out at sea. The building will also provide research space for the Aquatron and the Ocean Tracking Network. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Dedicates Biomedical Tower
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation dedicated its $125 million research tower in April of 2011. Located in Oklahoma City, the 186,000-sf facility houses 34 laboratories, clinical space, and a 3,400-sf cryostorage suite. The tower is designed to promote collaboration among researchers with common areas at the core of the building and labs arranged in research pods. Construction began on the project in 2009. The facility has attained LEED Gold sustainable design certification and features a living roof, daylighting, windmills, and a sophisticated HVAC system.
UMass Lowell Breaks Ground on Academic Building
The University of Massachusetts broke ground on the 69,000-sf Health and Social Sciences Building in Lowell in April of 2011. Housing the departments of psychology, nursing, and criminal justice, the facility will provide classrooms, labs, faculty offices, conference rooms, simulation suites for healthcare training, and social science research space. The sustainably designed project will feature natural lighting and ventilation and efficient building systems.
University of North Carolina-Asheville Dedicates Sherrill Center for Health & Wellness
The University of North Carolina-Asheville dedicated the $41 million Wilma M. Sherrill Center in April of 2011. The 135,500-sf facility houses the N.C. Center for Health & Wellness, classrooms, labs, fitness rooms, a teaching kitchen, a cafe, and the Kimmel Arena. The sustainably designed facility features natural lighting, an underground rainwater cistern, and occupancy sensors for lighting.
Veterans Affairs Builds Pittsburgh Research Facility
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health System will begin construction in late spring of 2011 on a $27.3 million research office facility. The three-story, 100,000-sf project will provide laboratories, clinical space, offices, support, and a rooftop helipad. The project team includes Pittsburgh-based architectural firm Astorino and general contractor P.J. Dick of West Mifflin. Completion is expected in October of 2013.