The National Institutes of Health (NIH) dedicated its new  $182.6-million C.W. Bill Young Center for Biodefense and Emergine Infectious Diseases building in April 2006.

The University of Saskatchewan is initiating projects totaling between $460-million and $490-million on its Saskatoon campus.

The Province of Alberta opened a new $14-million animal disease research and testing lab in Edmonton on Feb. 7, 2006.

The University of California, Davis is constructing two veterinary medical facilities, both slated for completion by year-end 2006.

Construction of the National Interagency Biodefense Campus (NIBC) is underway at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. A collaboration of the U.S.

Indonesia's Ministry of Health is planning to construct a BSL-3 laboratory for the testing of avian flu.

Saint Louis University will construct a $67-million research building for the School of Medicine on its midtown Saint Louis campus.

Virginia Tech began construction in September 2005 on a 72,000-sf life sciences research building on its Blacksburg, Va., campus.

The University of Texas at San Antonio opened the 10.6-million Margaret Batts Tobin Laboratory Building in November of 2005.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth broke ground on a new 22,000-sf research and laboratory facility in fall of 2005.