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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Builds Gigafab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company broke ground on a $9.3 billion chip production plant in Taiwan in July of 2010. Featuring 104,000 sm of cleanroom space, the facility will be able to manufacture chips at the 28 nanometer scale. The construction cost of the facility is estimated at 15 percent of the project cost, with 85 percent of the $9.3 billion funding equipment.
Duke University Creates Biomedical Research Vivarium
Duke University will create a biomedical research facility in the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences in Durham, N.C. Supported by $4.2 million in federal stimulus funding, the project includes conversion of existing shell space to house a vivarium, research laboratories, and offices. Supporting translational research for the development of advanced therapeutics, the facility will provide 2,520 mouse cages, 480 rat cages, and 40 cages for other species.
Georgia Gwinnett College Opens Library and Learning Center
Georgia Gwinnett College opened its $28.3 million Library and Learning Center in Lawrenceville in July of 2010. The 91,000-sf facility features technology-rich classrooms, meeting spaces, a café, an atrium, and space for 300,000 volumes. The building also houses the Center for Teaching Excellence and Student Success.
Emory University Builds ABSL-3 Research Facility
Emory University will construct an ABSL-3 facility at Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta. Supporting research on infectious diseases and transplant medicine, the project will include secure laboratories and nonhuman primate housing. Featuring specialized housing facilities for immunocompromised animals, the project will include separate air handling systems for the transplant medicine and ABSL3 areas to eliminate the possibility of cross contamination. Construction of the facility is supported by $14.8 million in federal stimulus funding.
Dublin City University Plans Nano-Bioanalytical Research Facility
Dublin City University will build the 3,000-sm Nano-Bioanalytical Research Facility adjacent to the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology in Dublin. The facility will support research in translational nano-medicine and is supported by €23.8 million in government funding.