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NCAR Breaks Ground on Cheyenne Supercomputing Center
The National Center for Atmospheric Research broke ground on the $70 million NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center in Cheyenne on June 15, 2010. The 153,000-sf project will be constructed by Saunders Construction of Denver. Supporting advanced climate modeling, the facility will support research in weather, oceanography, air pollution, space weather, computational science, energy production, and carbon sequestration.
Imec Expands Cleanroom Facility
Imec opened its new 300mm cleanroom facility in June of 2010 in Leuven, Belgium. The 10,000-sm project includes a clean processing area of 1,200 sm and 1,600 sm of laboratories for research on biomedical electronics and silicon and organic solar cells. Additionally, Imec will begin construction in fall of 2010 on a 16-story office building designed by Austrian firm Baumschlager-Eberle. The completed Leuven research campus will provide 18,000 sm of cleanroom, laboratory, and office space.
Boise State University Plans Biomedical Research Vivarium
Boise State University will construct the 9,300-sf Biomedical Research Vivarium in Boise, Idaho. The animal housing facility will support multidisciplinary research combining molecular, cellular, biophysical, and biochemical methods. The project is supported by $3.9 million in federal stimulus funding.
Newcastle University Constructs Translational Research Building
Newcastle University has selected ISG to construct the £7.1 million Translational Research Building in the United Kingdom. Housing research space, clinical facilities, and a business incubator, the four-story project will link the Henry Wellcome Biogerontology Building and the Clinical Ageing Research Unit. Completion is expected in summer of 2011.
Baptist Health Builds Medical Tower
Baptist Health will begin construction in fall of 2010 on a $200 million medical tower in Jacksonville, Fla. The 11-story, 340,000-sf facility will house inpatient care, surgical suites, imaging, and the Wolfson Children’s Hospital.