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Mercy Health Plans Edmond Facility
Mercy Health is planning to begin construction in May of 2011 on an $88 million health center in Edmond, Okla. The three-story, 200,000-sf facility will house an outpatient surgery center and medical offices for obstetrics, cardiac care, pediatrics, and rehabilitation. The project will also include a women's center, imaging, a walk-in clinic, a wellness center, and a pharmacy. Occupancy is expected in June of 2013.
GE Aviation Breaks Ground on R&D Facility
General Electric Aviation broke ground on the $51 million Electrical Power Integrated Systems Research and Development Center (EPISCENTER) in April of 2011. Sited on land owned by the University of Dayton, the 120,000-sf facility will support research on electrical power systems for aircraft, ships, and automobiles. Featuring advanced simulation suites, the four-story facility will include a 40,000-sf office building and an 80,000-sf research facility. EPISCENTER will serve as an anchor of the Ohio Aerospace Hub of Innovation and Opportunity.
University of Texas at El Paso Builds Health Science Building
The University of Texas at El Paso is building a $60 million facility for the College of Health Sciences and School of Nursing. The four-story, 130,000-sf building will feature 16,000 sf of clinical simulation laboratories, a 4,500-sf biomedical research facility, classrooms, and seminar rooms. Construction began on the project in November of 2008. Occupancy is expected in fall of 2011.
Baptist Health South Florida Opens West Kendall Hospital
Baptist Health South Florida opened the $210 million West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami in April of 2011. The four-story, 282,000-sf building includes 133 beds, an outpatient diagnostic center, and a neonatal ICU. West Kendall Baptist Hospital was designed as an Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) facility and will be the teaching hospital for Florida International University's medical program. The sustainably designed facility is Category 5 Hurricane resistant and includes a gym that will feed power back into the grid. Construction began on the facility in early 2009.
University of Maine Expands Advanced Structures and Composites Center
The University of Maine is engaged in a $22.4 million expansion of the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono. The 35,000-sf facility includes a 2,500-sf nanocomposites laboratory, offices, classrooms, and the Offshore Wind Laboratory. The wind lab features a reaction wall and floor for structural testing of wind turbine blades as well as an environmental simulation area and a wave-wind basin. A robotic composite manufacturing suite will produce turbine blades on site.