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Construction Begins on Arizona State Forensic Hospital
The $23 million Arizona State Forensic Hospital is under construction in Phoenix. The 104,000-sf facility will provide 80 inpatient beds and is slated for completion in September of 2011. The facility was designed by Cannon Design and Jacobs Engineering Group and is being built by Gilbane Building Co. The forensic hospital will house testing areas, isolation rooms, a security center, and dining facilities for patients who are charged with criminal behavior but are too mentally ill to stand trial.
National Institute of Virology Builds BSL-4 Lab
India’s National Institute of Virology is building a BSL-4 laboratory in Pune, Maharashtra. The facility is slated for completion in December of 2010. The lab will provide research facilities for the study of infectious diseases and pathogens including H1N1.
Wishard Hospital Plans Replacement Facility
Wishard Hospital began site work in early spring of 2010 for a 1.2 million-sf replacement hospital in Indianapolis. The estimated construction cost of the project is $754 million. The 11-story facility will provide 315 inpatient beds, 18 operating rooms, four interventional labs, and 12 labor and delivery rooms. The emergency department will house 90 treatment beds and a 20-bed clinical decision unit. Completion is expected in late 2013.
Lotus Pharmaceuticals Builds Beijing Facility
Lotus Pharmaceuticals began construction in March of 2010 on a nine-story building in Beijing. Housing offices, R&D facilities, production space, and storage, the project will include GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing suites.
University of Southern Mississippi Constructs Science Building
The University of Southern Mississippi will begin construction in fall of 2010 on a $7.6 million science building on its Gulf Park campus in Long Beach. Slated for completion in spring of 2012, the 33,580-sf facility will provide laboratories for biology, chemistry, and marine science as well as faculty offices, research space, and classrooms. The design architect for the project is Allred Architectural Group.