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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.

The University of Nottingham will partner with GlaxoSmithKline to build a green chemistry research facility on its Jubilee campus in the United Kingdom. The climate-neutral building will provide instructional space and laboratories for the development of safer chemical processes and products.

Brock University is building the $111 million Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex in St. Catherines, Ontario. The 176,000-sf project will house Canada's only CL3 biocontainment facility dedicated entirely to research. Designed by architectsAlliance in association with Payette, the complex is being built by EllisDon with Crossey Engineering as electrical and mechanical consultant, MHPM as project manager, and Halsall Associates as LEED consultant.

Marshall Hospital is planning to construct an $81 million inpatient wing in Placerville, Calif. The 95-bed expansion will include a 17-bed maternity center and a 32-bed emergency department. The first phase of the project is slated for completion in fall of 2011.

Corry Memorial Hospital broke ground on a 73,323-sf replacement facility in November of 2010. Construction will begin on the $38 million critical access hospital in January of 2011 and occupancy is expected in June of 2012. Corry Memorial Hospital is located in Corry, Pa.