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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia dedicated the $504 million Colket Translational Research Building in June of 2010. Located on the South Campus, the 12-story facility provides four laboratory floors, administrative offices, a cafeteria, conference space, and a two-story lobby. Four below-grade floors house infrastructure, laboratory support, and a central utility plant.

Cargill is planning to build a $14.7 million R&D facility in Wichita, Kan. The building will house research labs, offices, and product development space. Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services.

The University of Nevada is building the 57,814-sf William N. Pennington Health Sciences Building in Reno. Slated for completion in fall of 2011, the three-story facility will housing nursing and medical programs. The $48 million facility is being built by Sundt Construction of Tucson. Ground was broken on the project in December of 2009.

CPL Biologicals completed construction in June of 2010 on its vaccine manufacturing plant in Dholka, India. The 25,000-sf facility will utilize virus-like particle (VLP) technology to produce commercial-scale quantities of influenza vaccines. The plant will be able to produce over 60 million doses annually at full capacity. Ground was broken on the project in fall of 2009. CPL Biologicals is a joint venture of Novavax and Cadila Pharmaceuticals of India.

Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) opened the Visdec Electronic Decision Theater in June of 2010. The facility features 240 degrees of arced screens to support advanced visualization and simulation for technology-enhanced decision making. Huazhong University is located in Wuhan, China.