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Via Christi Health will begin construction in July of 2010 on a $9 million surgical cancer institute in Wichita, Kan. The 40,700-sf facility will deliver advanced cancer care services with 40 private patient rooms and surgical suites. The project will include family areas, a conference center, physician collaboration space, and an integrative therapy center. The project architect is GLMV Architecture with Hutton Construction Corp. as general contractor.

Vanderbilt Medical Center will begin construction in fall of 2010 on a $30 million expansion of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. The 30,000-sf addition will provide 33 inpatient beds, a neonatal ICU, surgical suites, and research space. The design architect for the project is Earl Swensson Associates. The five-story addition will be built atop the existing pediatric emergency department.

BloodCenter of Wisconsin will build out 7,000 sf of shell space at its Milwaukee Blood Research Institute facility to create a 4,771-sf stem cell research laboratory. Supported by $2.9 million in federal stimulus funding, the project will provide 10 modules and adjacent alcoves, a 1,655-nsf core lab, and GMP cleanroom manufacturing space.

Valley Health broke ground on the new War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, Va., in June of 2010. The $30 million, 87,000-sf facility will provide 25 critical care beds and 16 long-term care beds.

The University of North Carolina is constructing the $87 million Dental Sciences Building in Chapel Hill. The five-story, 216,000-sf building will house research, academic, preclinical, and administrative facilities. The architect of record for the project is Flad Architects with KBR as general contractor. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility. Completion is expected in January of 2012.