Animal Research
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Emerging Diseases in Animal and Public Health Drive South Dakota Facility Design
1-15-2020An “onion skin” layout of lab adjacencies and biocontainment strategies derived from a thorough risk assessment process are highlights of the new construction for the South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL) in Brookings, S.D. The new 84,000-gsf (41,000-nsf) building, an addition to the original facility, will provide space to accommodate the burgeoning demand for molecular diagnostics while bringing activities on both sides of the ADRDL mission—research and diagnostics—under one roof.
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The Ohio State University Plans West Campus Research Facilities
12-12-2019The Ohio State University is planning to construct two collocated research facilities in its West Campus innovation district in Columbus. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli and Moody Nolan, the 305,000-sf Interdisciplinary Research Facility will prov
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Stanford University Opens ChEM-H and Neurosciences Complex
11-29-2019Stanford University opened a $256 million biomedical research complex in November of 2019 in Stanford, Calif.
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Yale University Opens Science Building
11-11-2019Yale University opened the $283 million Yale Science Building in October of 2019 in New Haven, Conn.
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Purdue University Plans Veterinary Teaching Hospital
10-27-2019Purdue University will begin construction in spring of 2020 on the $108 million Veterinary Teaching Hospital in West Lafayette, Ind.
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Texas Tech University Opens Experimental Sciences Building II
10-14-2019Texas Tech University opened the $77 million Experimental Sciences Building II in October of 2019 in Lubbock, Texas.
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Pennsylvania State University Plans Animal, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Building
10-2-2019Pennsylvania State University is planning to construct the $98.5 million Animal, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Building in University Park.
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Texas Tech University Breaks Ground on School of Veterinary Medicine
9-25-2019Texas Tech University broke ground in September of 2019 on a $90 million complex for the School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo.
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South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Lab Completes Expansion Project
9-21-2019The South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL) celebrated the opening of its expanded Brookings facility in September of 2019.
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Building Systems, Technology Make the Vivarium More Efficient
9-11-2019Changing needs for vivariums have presented facilities managers with an array of challenges: creating more space for housing research animals within existing facilities; ensuring that the environments in which animals are kept meet guidelines set by scientific research agencies and organizations; and ensuring the spaces in which researchers conduct their experiments host well-run vivariums that contribute to, rather than inhibit, the ability to reproduce their results. Manufacturers are responding to these needs with more space-efficient caging systems, more precise and cost-effective environmental controls for animal holding rooms, and technology that can automatically track the health of animals in cages.
