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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened the 730,000-sf CDC 23 in June of 2010 in Atlanta. Housing biological research labs, the 16-story facility was designed by CUH2A and built by Turner Construction. The facility was completed in April of 2010 and represents the final stage of CDC’s laboratory replacement program.

The Institute for Business & Home Safety completed construction of the $27 million Insurance Center for Building Safety Research in July of 2010 in Chester, S.C. Designed by Odell Associates of Charlotte, N.C., the complex enables model structures to be tested in conditions resembling natural catastrophes to identify effective methods of minimizing risk and loss to homes and businesses. Sited on 90 acres, the multi-peril research campus can subject commercial buildings and two-story houses to hazards such as hurricanes, hailstorms, and wild-blown fire.

Princeton Baptist Medical Center initiated construction on a $57 million expansion of its healthcare facilities in Birmingham, Ala., in July of 2010. The project includes 90,000 sf of new construction and renovation of 16 surgical suites.

Louisiana Tech University will break ground by December of 2010 on a 42,000-sf facility for the College of Business in Ruston. Supported by $12.4 million in state funding, the facility will house two auditoriums, classrooms, offices, computer labs, conference rooms, and research space. The project architect is Yeager, Watson and Associates of Alexandria, Va.

The National Nuclear Security Administration will break ground in August of 2010 on the $4.76 billion National Security Campus in Kansas City, Mo. The five-building, 1.5 million-sf research and manufacturing facility will produce defense materials and technologies. Phased occupancy will begin in 2012 and reach completion in 2014.