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Industry News
ConocoPhillips Builds Global Technology Center
ConocoPhillips will begin construction in summer of 2011 on a 1.6 million-sf global technology center in Louisville, Colo. Designed by HOK, the facility will provide 500,000 sf of research space and 500,000 sf of administrative offices. Completion is expected by 2013.
Duke University School of Medicine Breaks Ground on Learning Center
Duke University School of Medicine will break ground on the $53 million Learning Center on October 15, 2010. Located on the university’s West Campus in Durham, N.C., the six-story, 84,000-sf building will provide a 400-seat auditorium, clinical teaching labs, simulation suites, and advanced classrooms for team-based medical education. Completion is expected in 2013.
Boston College Breaks Ground on Stokes Hall
Boston College broke ground on the 183,000-sf Stokes Hall in October of 2010. Housing the university’s humanities departments, the facility will provide 36 classrooms, faculty offices, conference rooms, and a commons area. The construction manager for the project is Walsh Brothers of Boston. Completion is expected in fall of 2012.
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Opens in Milwaukee
The $417 million Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital opened in Milwaukee in October of 2010. The nine-story facility was designed by HOK and built by CG Schmidt-Barton Malow. The project provides 312 inpatient beds and houses the McKeithan Testing & Treatment Institute, the Heart & Vascular Institute, the Orthopaedic & Neuroscience Institute, the Regional Burn Center, and the Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute (SHRI). Ground was broken on the project in 2006.
Merck Opens Materials Research Center
Merck opened the €50 million Materials Research Center in Darmstadt in September of 2010. The 11,000-sm R&D complex will support research on liquid crystals, fine chemicals, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and mobile energy storage. The sustainably designed facility includes two six-story buildings, a pilot plant, and cleanrooms.