St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre is planning to build a $450,000 million biomedical science teaching facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The project will house a 3,000-sf laboratory, classrooms, and biomedical training suites. The facility will provide instruction in research techniques for molecular biology, microscopy, and cell cultures.
Georgetown University opened the $164.7 million School of Foreign Service in Qatar’s Education City in February of 2011. Designed by Legorreta+Legorreta, the 360,000-sf instructional facility includes a three-story atrium, a 350-seat auditorium, a library with 60,000 volumes, and 14 classrooms and lecture halls. Sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. The duration of construction was 25 months.
Rock Valley College is building the $28.6 million Karl J. Jacobs Center for Science and Math in Rockford, Ill. The 106,000-sf facility will provide labs, classrooms, and faculty offices for the departments of math, life science, and physical science. Ground was broken on the project in May of 2010 with completion expected in May of 2011. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility, which features glass exterior walls for daylighting. The center will include an outdoor greenhouse and rain gardens.
The University of South Alabama is planning to construct a microbiology research building in Mobile. The facility will provide BSL-2 and BSL-3 research laboratories for the study of select agents and pathogens. The construction manager for the project is SA Group. Occupancy is expected in 2013.
The University of Houston is building the $70 million Health and Biomedical Sciences Center next to the J. Armistead College of Optometry. The six-story, 165,000-sf building will house research labs, animal facilities, a laser center, outpatient clinics, an ambulatory surgery center, classrooms, and offices. The project will enable researchers from the NIH-funded Complex Systems Supercluster to collaborate on biomedical discoveries. Completion is expected by fall of 2012.
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is building the $76.4 million Clinical and Translational Science Building in Rochester, N.Y. The 200,000-sf project broke ground in October of 2008 with occupancy expected in May of 2011. The interdisciplinary facility will house labs, offices, and classrooms for biomedical research and teaching. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
The University of Iowa will begin construction in late 2012 on the new $271 million Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. Consolidating pediatric medical care in a single location, the eight-story facility will include a 195-bed tower featuring larger patient rooms, play areas, and a children’s theater. Completion is expected in early 2015. The project is a part of a 10-year, $1.1 billion expansion plan.
Macquarie University will build the $108 million Australian Hearing Hub in Sydney. The medical research, teaching, and training facility will house the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre, the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, and the Shepherd Centre. The building will support research and treatment for hearing and speech-related disorders.
The Medical Center of the Americas is in the design stage in El Paso, Texas. Created by a consortium of academic and industry partners including the University of Texas and Texas Tech, the planned 140-acre biomedical research complex will support commercialization of pharmaceutical therapies. The first phase of the project will include construction of an 80,000-sf facility on 10 acres in central El Paso. A subsequent phase of construction will deliver two additional buildings at the site.
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is planning to build a $22 million biomanufacturing facility in Fall River, Mass. The building will be the first facility in a proposed 300-acre biotechnology park.
Southeast Missouri State University opened the $100,000 Beef Research Facility in Gordonville in February of 2011. Part of the David M. Barton Agriculture Research Center, the center will act as a living laboratory for meat production science and DNA sequencing for selective breeding. The project was funded in part by a grant from the Department of Agriculture and represents a collaborative partnership with the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of Missouri Extension. The facility houses animal holding pens adjacent to a research farm.
Reaseheath College completed its $3.2 million animal management center in February of 2011. The building provides animal housing, classrooms, conference rooms, and administration for educational programs in animal care and welfare. The sustainably designed building is BREEAM rated. The facility was built by Whitfield and Brown of Widnes.
Monroe County Community College will begin construction in summer of 2011 on the 71,300-sf Career Technology Center in Monroe, Mich. Designed by Hobbs + Black of Ann Arbor, Mich., the $17 million facility will house advanced classrooms and high bay laboratories for instruction in nuclear engineering, fuel cell manufacturing, welding, construction, and computer-aided drafting. Completion is expected in September of 2012.
The University of California San Francisco Medical Center initiated construction on an 878,000-sf hospital complex in January of 2011. Located in the Mission Bay development, the project will be built to attain LEED Gold sustainable design certification and will feature advanced building systems and technologies. The first phase of construction comprises a 289-bed hospital housing women’s services, pediatric care, and cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Trinity College Dublin will build the $69 million South East Corner Development to house the School of Engineering and the School of Natural Sciences. The 161,458-sf facility will provide advanced research laboratories and teaching spaces. Healy Kelly Turner & Townsend is the project manager. The sustainably designed facility will be built in phases with initial occupancy in 2014 and final completion expected in 2017.
