Industry News

Pioneer Hi-Bred will build a $20 million corn research facility in Orange City, Iowa. The two-story, 25,500-sf project will be located in the Industrie Centrum development and is expected to open in spring of 2011.

Gauthier Biomedical will begin construction in January of 2011 on a 60,000-sf headquarters facility in Grafton, Ill. The two-story building will house 32,000 sf of manufacturing, engineering, and production space and 28,000 sf of office space. The building will be designed and built by Opus North of Rosemont, Ill. Completion is expected in October of 2011. Gauthier is a maker of spinal and orthopedic surgical instruments.

Princeton University opened the 265,000-sf Frick Chemistry Laboratory in September of 2010 in Princeton, N.J. The sustainably designed facility features self-closing fume hoods, photovoltaic panels, heat recovery, and advanced HVAC systems. The $278 million project was designed by Hopkins Architects in association with Payette. The general contractor was Turner Construction. Site work began on the project in summer of 2007.

St. Louis Community College opened its 29,700-sf Harrison Education Center in September of 2010. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility, which features abundant natural light, low VOC interior finishes, an energy efficient HVAC system, and low flow water fixtures. KAI Design & Build provided architectural, MEP engineering, interior design, and cost estimating services on the $7.5 million project.

University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast will begin construction in spring of 2011 on a $7.6 million science building in Long Beach, Miss. The 33,580-sf facility will house biology and chemistry labs, classrooms, faculty offices, research space, and a marine science lab.