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University Hospitals Completes Ahuja Medical Center
University Hospitals completed construction in November of 2010 on the $298 million Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood, Ohio. The seven-story, 144-bed facility will open in early 2011. The 358,000-sf hospital features private patient rooms, a comprehensive imaging center, technology-rich surgical suites, catheterization labs, a helipad, and emergency care. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
Scripps Health Plans La Jolla Cardiovascular Institute
Scripps Health will break ground in late 2011 on a $398 million cardiovascular institute in La Jolla. The 383,000-sf, eight-story facility will provide 108 private patient rooms, 60 ICU beds, six surgical suites, catheterization labs, cardiovascular research labs, and a center for graduate medical education. The design architect for the project is HOK. Completion is expected in 2015. The institute is part of a $2 billion master plan to rebuild Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
ANSI/AIHA Develops Testing and Performance Verification Methodologies for BSL-3 Labs
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have embarked on an initiative to develop a national standard entitled “Testing and Performance Verification Methodologies for Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Laboratories,” known as ANSI/AIHA Z9.14.
Babraham Opens Bioincubator Facility
Babraham Bioscience Technologies opened the 8,000-sf Maia bioincubator facility in Cambridge in November of 2010. The project will provide laboratories for seven early-stage biomedical companies with access to shared research resources at the Babraham Institute. The opening of the Maia building brings the total footprint of Babraham’s research campus to 70,000 sf. Babraham Bioscience Technologies is the commercial arm of the Babraham Institute, an institute of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
University of Kerala Builds College of Architecture
The University of Kerala will construct the College of Architecture, Trivandrum (CAT) in Vellanadu, India. The stand-alone campus will house research and teaching facilities for sustainable design and construction, construction management, and infrastructure planning. The curriculum will be developed in collaboration with the Indian Green Building Council and will support LEED AP certification. The Rs 18-crore campus is expected to open in fall of 2011.