Industry News

Newman University College has awarded Morgan Sindall an £8.5 million contract to construct a new library and entrance building in Birmingham. The three-story project will include a library, teaching space, offices, an atrium, and a café. Completion is expected in January of 2012.

The University of Alberta is building the $360.7-million Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS) in Edmonton. Construction began on the facility in November of 2008 with completion expected in 2011. The building will provide teaching labs, lecture halls, research labs, and faculty offices. The 53,000-sm project was designed by ONPA and is being built by PCL Construction Management. Consulting engineers included Read Jones Christoffersen, Stantec, and Hemisphere.

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has launched a €1.2 billion initiative to develop wind, solar, and nuclear power in the European Union. The WindScanner research facility in Denmark will cost between €45 million and €60 million to build. The €960 million MYRRHA nuclear research reactor will be sited in Belgium. The €80 million EU-SOLARIS facility will be built at the Advanced Technological Centre for Renewable Energy in Spain.

The Department of Defense has awarded South Dakota State University a $1.5 million contract to evaluate biosafety protocol at veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the United States. The project aims to improve policies and procedures for the security of pathogenic microbes and toxins. The two-year study will be carried out in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories and Science Applications International.

The University of Louisville is partnering with Nucleus, Kentucky's life science and innovation center, to develop a research building in Louisville. Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan and built by Sullivan & Cozart, the facility will provide laboratory and office space for life science companies. Completion is expected in 2012.