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The University of Nevada, Reno’s Center for Molecular Medicine will open in September of 2010. Designed by Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, the $77 million facility will house research laboratories, containment suites, offices, an auditorium, and a vivarium for 40,000 mice. Ground was broken on the 116,500-sf project in March 2007. The facility will accommodate research in microbiology, pharmacology, and physiology.

Cornell University has selected Morphosis of Los Angeles to design the 100,000-sf William H. Gates Hall. Housing the departments of computer science and information science, the $60 million facility will feature research and teaching labs designed to foster interaction and collaboration. Completion is expected by early 2014.

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.