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Northeastern University Builds Homeland Security Research Center
Northeastern University is building the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security in Burlington, Mass. Funded in part by a $12 million donation, the three-story, 70,000-sf facility will house laboratories for the study of information protection, explosive detection, nanotechnology, robotics, and energy harvesting. The sustainably designed project will open in summer of 2011. The facility will house up to 100 researchers.
University at Buffalo Constructs Davis Hall
The University at Buffalo is building the 130,000-sf Barbara and Jack Davis Hall in Buffalo, N.Y. Housing the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the $75 million facility will provide flexible laboratories, classrooms, and seminar rooms for interdisciplinary research and education. The project was designed by Perkins + Will and includes a 5,000-sf cleanroom for nanotechnology fabrication.
University of Aberystwyth Constructs Research Facilities
The University of Aberystwyth initiated construction on two research facilities in late 2010. The $11.1 million, 2,000-sm Phenomics facility will house laboratories and greenhouses for plant science. The project is the centerpiece of the Institute for International Plant Breeding, a center housing laboratories, an enterprise hub, and accommodation for visiting academics. The second facility is a two-story teaching and research block slated for completion in late 2011. A BREEAM Excellent rating for sustainable design will be sought for both projects.
Spectrum Health Opens Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
Spectrum Health opened the $286 million Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in January of 2011. Located in Grand Rapids, the 14-story facility features private inpatient rooms, a neonatal center, a 24-bed pediatric critical care unit, a healing garden, an emergency department, a cardiac catheterization lab, an advanced diagnostic imaging suite, and six operating rooms. Ground was broken on the 462,000-sf teaching hospital in 2006.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Expands in Toronto
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is building three new facilities in Toronto. Construction began in January of 2010 on the 450,000-sf expansion, which includes the Intergenerational Wellness Centre, the Gateway building, and the Utilities and Parking building. The general contractor is Carillion Health Solutions. Completion is expected in spring of 2012. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital.