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AREVA will begin construction in spring of 2012 on the three-story, 650,000-sf Uranium Enrichment Facility near Idaho Falls, Idaho. The plant is expected to be operational in 2015. The project is supported by a $2 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Tarleton State University opened the $11.2 million Southwest Regional Dairy Center in May of 2011. The teaching and research facility is located in Stephenville, Texas, and houses 300 cows. The center will promote collaborative industry partnerships for the development of sustainable dairy practices. A planned second phase will include a bottling facility and a creamery.

Sutter Health opened the $618 million Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in May of 2011. Located in Burlingame, Calif., the 450,000-sf facility comprises two structures connected by a lobby and is built with base isolation technology to meet state seismic regulations. The six-story hospital houses 241 private rooms and nine surgical suites. Construction began on the project in January of 2007.

Novant Health will begin construction in spring of 2012 on a 35,000-sf expansion of its Clemmons Medical Center. The $23 million project includes a $15 million facility with an emergency department, imaging, outpatient surgery, and medical offices. The cost of road construction, site grading, and the creation of greenway trails is $8 million. Completion is expected in 2013.

Morphotek is building an $80 million bioprocessing plant in Exton, Pa. The 60,000-sf facility will house a biologics plant, cGMP cell culture, cleanrooms, production suites, labs, and offices. The building features corridors with transparent walls for maximum visibility of production processes. Precis Engineering is providing MEP and process engineering and commissioning services for the project.