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Foothill-De Anza Community College will expand its California facilities with the construction of two new buildings. In Los Altos, the Foothill Physical Sciences Village will provide three separate buildings to house the Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Nanotechnology, and Astronomy departments. The Classroom building includes six 40-seat classrooms and two 72-seat lecture rooms, while the Laboratory building holds four chemistry laboratories, two physics laboratories, and three multipurpose laboratories to be shared by the Astronomy and Engineering departments.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant completed its 220,000-sf pavilion addition in February of 2010. The seven-story facility houses a cancer center, an emergency department, surgical suites, and an intensive care unit. The LEED-certified facility features abundant natural light, low-flow plumbing fixtures, and non-toxic building materials.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine was awarded $15 million in stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health in February of 2010 to construct a 22,000-sf animal research laboratory in Phoenix. Housing 33 researchers and staff members, the underground facility will be located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. The project will be built in partnership with Arizona State University and will include a vivarium for rats and mice. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.

DuPont opened the Meyrin Photovoltaic Application Laboratory in February of 2010 at its European Technical Center in Geneva. The R&D facility will support the development of next-generation photovoltaic products and technologies. Designed to promote collaboration between customers, industry partners, and academia, the laboratory will advance solar module design and accelerate product development.

Maryland General Hospital will celebrate the opening of its $57 million expansion in Baltimore in March of 2010. The 92,500-sf project consists of 77,000 sf of new construction and 15,534 sf of renovated space. Designed by Hord Coplan Macht of Baltimore, the five-story tower houses eight operating rooms, two endoscopy suites, a cystoscopy suite, and an 18-room intensive care unit. The construction manager for the project was Barton Malow. Construction began on the facility in late 2007.