Industry News

Children’s Hospital Boston selected Payette in April of 2010 to design the 106,000-sf Binney Building. The ten-story urban infill project will be built as an addition to the main hospital. The facility will house much-needed expansion space for the emergency department, radiology, same-day surgery, neurology, pharmacy, and four floors of new inpatient beds.

The University of Missouri Health System is planning to construct a $52 million cancer treatment facility for Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Columbia, Mo. The 100,000-sf project will be built adjacent to University Hospital.

Ohio State University broke ground in April of 2010 on a $22.2 million biocontainment laboratory in Wooster. The 27,000-sf Plant and Animal Agrosecurity Research (PAAR) Facility will house BSL-3 and BSL-3Ag laboratories. The facility will include suites for work on larger animals such as cows and pigs. Completion is expected in summer of 2012.

Advanced BioScience Laboratories is initiating a $10 million expansion of its vivarium in Rockville, Md. The completed project will provide 35,000-sf of animal research and housing space. Scheer Partners is providing site analysis, strategic planning, financing, construction and project management services for the expansion. Additionally, ABL is relocating its headquarters to a three-story, 72,000-sf facility in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center in Rockville.

The University of Tulsa is planning to construct two engineering buildings in Tulsa, Okla. The $14 million, 37,616-sf J. Newton Rayzor Hall will house the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments and will provide integrated classrooms, teaching and research labs, faculty offices, and conference rooms. The $16.1 million, 38,600-sf Stephenson Hall will house the Mechanical and Petroleum Engineering departments and will feature 16 classrooms, research laboratories, a conference room, and a student center.