Higher Education

Auckland University of Technology is building a $100 million academic facility in New Zealand. The 12-story building will support instruction in art and design, engineering, computing, mathematics, communication studies, and creative technologies. The 215,000-sf facility will provide two large, flexible lecture halls, television and performance studios, a broadcasting suite, and informal study areas. The project was designed by Jasmax. Occupancy is expected in February of 2013. 

Colorado State University has broken ground for its new Equine Reproduction Laboratory in Fort Collins. The 12,000-sf facility will provide teaching space, microbiology and molecular labs, and exam rooms. The $5 million project will support research in equine diseases and advanced reproductive technologies such as embryo transfer. 

The University of Dundee began building the $20 million Centre for Translational and Interdisciplinary Research in Scotland in July of 2012. Part of the College of Life Sciences, the four-story facility will house collaborative drug discovery research with labs, offices, support, and a high-throughput robotic and molecular pharmacology suite. Disciplines represented in the facility will include mathematical biology and biophysics, bioinformatics, and data analysis.

The University of Iowa is engaged in a $62 million renovation of the College of Dentistry in Iowa City. The project will provide a 33,000-sf patient care addition, collaborative research labs, advanced classrooms, and a simulation training center. 

Valdosta State University opened a 15,000-sf addition to the Bailey Science Center in late June of 2012. Designed by Stanley Beaman and Sears, the project provides two 75-seat multipurpose laboratories, two 30-seat classrooms, and 22 faculty offices. The addition will support the departments of biology, chemistry, and geosciences. 

The University of Auckland is initiating a $200 million redevelopment project to create its new Science Centre. Providing advanced teaching and research space, the project includes construction of an 11-story, 253,000-sf building and renovation of an adjacent tower. The cross-disciplinary facility is being designed by Archibus and will provide a new entranceway to the University. Construction will begin in 2013 with completion expected in 2017.

Columbia University is planning to build a 14-story medical school tower in New York. The facility is being designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler as the architect of record. Construction is expected to begin in early 2013 and reach completion in late 2017. Featuring sculpturally exposed interiors, the facility will support collaborative, team-based learning. 

Upstate University Hospital is building the $75 million Upstate Cancer Center in Syracuse, N.Y. The five-story, 90,000-sf facility will provide adult and pediatric cancer care with private infusion rooms, a rooftop garden, a patient education facility, and a family resource center. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. The general contractor is LeChase Construction. Completion is expected in fall of 2013.

Dartmouth College is planning to build the Williamson Translational Research Building on the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center campus in Lebanon, N.H. The facility will provide laboratories for multidisciplinary research in neuroscience, cancer, immunology, and infectious diseases. Dartmouth will also build the 120,000-sf North Campus Academic Center in Hanover.

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded three contracts for the creation of pandemic influenza vaccines and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures for national emergency preparedness.

The University of Edinburgh opened the $85 million Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine in June of 2012. The facility provides advanced laboratories for stem cell research and can accommodate up to 250 scientists. The three-story, 95,800-sm project was built by Miller Construction and represents the first phase of the BioQuarter research campus. An adjacent $38 million biotech incubator was also completed.

Stony Brook University is planning to build the $194 million Medical and Research Translation (MART) facility in Stony Brook, N.Y. The eight-story, 250,000-sf teaching and research building will support the discovery of advanced cancer treatments and medical imaging technologies. The project will include a 300-seat auditorium and will accommodate up to 250 faculty members. A $230 million, 170-bed facility to house Stony Brook Children's Hospital will also be constructed.

Marshall University will break ground in fall of 2012 on the $50 million Applied Science Center in Huntington, W.V. The 140,000-sf facility will house the College of Information Technology and Engineering and its divisions of engineering, computer science, applied science and technology; research laboratories for mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and bioengineering; the Departments of Mathematics and Computational Science; and a computer modeling and digital imaging/simulation resource facility.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is constructing a $111 million engineering facility. Providing advanced laboratories, classrooms, and offices, the five-story, 117,000-sf project will link the existing Duckering and Bunnell buildings. Completion is expected in spring of 2018.  

The $855 million Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago opened in June of 2012. The 23-story, 1.25 million-sf facility provides 288 single-patient rooms with a footprint of 290 sf each. Designed to foster translational research, Lurie Children's Hospital is located on the campus of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and is connected to Prentice Women's Hospital. Ground was broken on the project in April of 2008. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the hospital.