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Mount Union College is engaged in a $4 million renovation of Wilson Hall in Alliance, Ohio. Designed by Westlake, Reed & Leskosky with RFD (Research Facilities Design) as the laboratory design consultant, the project will create six engineering labs, two classrooms, and 21 offices in the 22,000-sf facility. Completion is expected by fall of 2010.

Quinte Health Care opened the $99.5 million Charlotte Sills Wing in February of 2010 in Belleville, Ontario. Construction began on the five-story facility in March of 2007. The wing houses outpatient care, a continuing care inpatient unit, a children’s treatment center, and clinics for rehabilitation and speech therapy. The project represents a 155,000-sf expansion of the existing hospital.

Idaho National Laboratory is planning to break ground in spring of 2010 on four new facilities in Idaho Falls. Creating an integrated complex, the buildings will include a research and education laboratory, a testing demonstration center, a second building for the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), and a cafeteria.

Auburn University officially broke ground on its $21 million Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Center on February 4, 2010. Designed by Perkins+Will, the 45,000-sf facility is slated for completion in September of 2010. The construction manager for the project is Brasfield & Gorrie LLC. The MRI Research Center will feature a Siemens Verio open-bore 3T MRI and an actively shielded whole-body 7T MRI. The Verio 3T MRI will be used for clinical and research applications and the 7T MRI will be dedicated solely to research.

The University of Washington will begin construction in July of 2010 on the $96 million Veterinary Medical Research Building in Pullman.  The 128,875-sf building will provide research facilities for at least 32 faculty members. Completion is expected in 2012.