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University of Michigan Constructs Nanotech Engineering Addition
The University of Michigan will begin construction in spring of 2011 on a 62,500-sf addition to the G.G. Brown Memorial Laboratories in Ann Arbor. The $46 million facility will house the Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering. Supported by $9.5 million in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the three-story addition will house faculty and graduate student offices and 60 laboratory modules. The project architect is Perkins + Will. Completion is expected in late 2014.
National Security Agency Data Center Breaks Ground at Camp Williams
Ground was broken in January of 2011 on the $1.2 billion National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams, Utah. The facility is being built by a joint venture of Balfour Beatty, DPR, and Big-D Construction. Supporting national security objectives, the 1.5 million-sf foot facility will provide 900,000 sf of technical support and administrative space and a 100,000-sf raised floor data center. A chiller plant and an electrical substation will also be built at the site.
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Plans Solar Energy Research Center
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will construct a $54.4 million a solar energy research center in Berkeley, Calif. The 21,471-sf, three-story lab and office building will accommodate research on materials science and biofuels. The sustainably designed facility will feature advanced lighting and building systems.
Miami Valley Hospital Opens Dayton Heart Tower
Miami Valley Hospital celebrated the opening of its 484,000-sf cardiac care tower in January of 2011. Located in Dayton, Ohio, the $150 million Southeast Addition was designed by NBBJ with Skanska USA Building and Shook Construction as joint construction manager. Ground was broken on the project in May of 2008. The 11-story tower features 178 private patient rooms, surgical suites, cardiac catheterization labs, and imaging.
University of Iowa Constructs Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building
The University of Iowa is constructing the $122.5 million Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building in Iowa City. Built as an extension of the Medical Education and Research Facility and the Carver Biomedical Research Building, the 200,000-sf interdisciplinary research facility will house laboratories for biomedical, life science, and stem cell research. The project broke ground in September of 2007 and will include the $25 million Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center.