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Mary Baldwin College will begin renovating two laboratory floors in the Pearce Science Center in Staunton, Va., in late 2010. Supported by $1.2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, the project will create an imaging facility, molecular and cellular research labs, teaching labs, and animal research space. Completion is expected in August of 2012.

Surrey Satellite Technology is partnering with the University of Surrey Research Park to build a £10 million satellite R&D facility in Guildford in the United Kingdom. The 3,700-sm facility will house laboratories and cleanrooms for space engineering. Providing a single location for the assembly, testing, and integration of satellite platforms, the building will include a seismic test platform and two walk-in thermal chambers. Completion is expected in April of 2011.

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 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 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.