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Health Protection Agency Opens Influenza Resource Centre
The Health Protection Agency opened the £12 million Influenza Resource Centre (IRC) and UK Stem Cell Bank in October of 2010. Located in Potters Bar in the United Kingdom, the facility will provide vaccine research and development laboratories for the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control as well as a stem cell repository. The project will support pandemic response and was developed in partnership with the Department of Health and the Medical Research Council.
Montgomery College Builds Rockville Science Center
Montgomery College is constructing the $74 million Rockville Science Center in Maryland. Slated for occupancy in fall of 2011, the four-story facility will provide a total of 29 laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. The 140,000-sf center features a green roof, a photovoltaic array, and an astronomical observatory. Construction began on the project in 2009.
Hackensack University Medical Center Dedicates Cancer Center
Hackensack University Medical Center dedicated the $130 million John Theurer Cancer Center in October of 2010. The five-story, 155,000-sf outpatient facility features a four-story atrium, healing gardens, radiation oncology suites, four linear accelerator vaults, advanced imaging technologies, and a kitchen for cooking classes. The center was built by William Blanchard Co. of Springfield. The duration of construction was two and a half years.
Michigan Center for Regenerative Medicine Breaks Ground in Plymouth
The Michigan Center for Regenerative Medicine broke ground on a 30,000-sf facility in Plymouth in October of 2010. Housing wet lab space, offices, and manufacturing suites, the center will support research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of adult stem cell and regenerative medicine therapies. The newly renovated facility will include a 2,600-sf Good Manufacturing Practice/Current Good Tissue Practice laboratory.
UMass Amherst Plans Academic Facility
The University of Massachusetts is planning to build the $85 million New Academic Classroom Building in Amherst. Designed by Burt Hill, the five-story 150,000-sf facility will provide 1,800 classroom seats and academic space for programs in communications, journalism and linguistics. Completion is expected by January of 2014.