Georgia Gwinnett College opened its $28.3 million Library and Learning Center in Lawrenceville in July of 2010. The 91,000-sf facility features technology-rich classrooms, meeting spaces, a café, an atrium, and space for 300,000 volumes. The building also houses the Center for Teaching Excellence and Student Success.
Emory University will construct an ABSL-3 facility at Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta. Supporting research on infectious diseases and transplant medicine, the project will include secure laboratories and nonhuman primate housing. Featuring specialized housing facilities for immunocompromised animals, the project will include separate air handling systems for the transplant medicine and ABSL3 areas to eliminate the possibility of cross contamination. Construction of the facility is supported by $14.8 million in federal stimulus funding.
Dublin City University will build the 3,000-sm Nano-Bioanalytical Research Facility adjacent to the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology in Dublin. The facility will support research in translational nano-medicine and is supported by €23.8 million in government funding.
Medical University of South Carolina will renovate the second and third floors of its Basic Sciences Building in Charleston, S.C. Supported by $15 million in federal stimulus funding, the project will provide advanced laboratories for multidisciplinary research. A-13,700-sf area on the second floor will be renovated to provide labs for molecular therapy, biodefense, emerging infectious diseases, microbiology, and basic immunology. The third floor will provide 19,000 sf of pharmacology, drug discovery, and pharmacogenetics research space.
Michigan State University opened the Anaerobic Digester Research and Education Center in July of 2010 in East Lansing. The 6,000-sf facility will support the development of anaerobic digestion systems for small farms to convert animal manure to energy. Consolidating four laboratories previously housed in other locations, the ADREC houses research space, conference rooms, offices, and a high bay area for pilot-scale projects. Construction began on the facility in September of 2009.
Pennsylvania State University will begin construction in fall of 2010 on the $48.1 million Biobehavioral Health Building in University Park, Pa. Providing additional facilities for the College of Health and Human Services, the 93,500-sf building will house classrooms, offices, research space, and a 200-seat lecture hall. The project architect is Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. The four-story building will feature "green" roofs and is slated for completion in July of 2012.
The University of Nevada, Reno’s Center for Molecular Medicine will open in September of 2010. Designed by Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, the $77 million facility will house research laboratories, containment suites, offices, an auditorium, and a vivarium for 40,000 mice. Ground was broken on the 116,500-sf project in March 2007. The facility will accommodate research in microbiology, pharmacology, and physiology.
Cornell University has selected Morphosis of Los Angeles to design the 100,000-sf William H. Gates Hall. Housing the departments of computer science and information science, the $60 million facility will feature research and teaching labs designed to foster interaction and collaboration. Completion is expected by early 2014.
Louisiana Tech University will break ground by December of 2010 on a 42,000-sf facility for the College of Business in Ruston. Supported by $12.4 million in state funding, the facility will house two auditoriums, classrooms, offices, computer labs, conference rooms, and research space. The project architect is Yeager, Watson and Associates of Alexandria, Va.
Purdue University will begin construction in September of 2010 on a $5.5 million renovation of Lilly Hall’s west wing. The project will upgrade HVAC systems and replace windows and the passenger elevator. The general contractor for the renovation is J.R. Kelly Co. Inc. of Lafayette, Ind. Completion is expected in July of 2011.
Connecticut College will renovate and expand New London Hall to create a state-of-the-art science center in New London, Conn. Designed by Payette, the $20 million project will provide 23,673 nsf of collaborative research and teaching space for the departments of computer science and life sciences. Groundbreaking is expected in spring of 2011 with occupancy in fall of 2012. The interdisciplinary facility will house research and teaching labs, classrooms, computer labs, a greenhouse, and an electron microscopy suite.
Luzerne County Community College will open the Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary Institute in September of 2010. Located in Nanticoke, Pa., the 22,000-sf facility was designed by SDA Architects and built by Mark Construction Services. The two-story building will house a 75-seat lecture auditorium, two teaching labs, a kitchen, and a restaurant dining room.
The University of Glasgow opened its £15 million animal hospital in July of 2010. The facility houses four operating rooms, MRI and CT scanners, oncology and endoscopy suites, and a pain and rehabilitation center. The world-class animal hospital will support veterinary medicine education and training.
William Paterson University completed construction of the 67,000-sf Science Annex in July of 2010 in Wayne, N.J. The facility houses an atrium, classrooms, lecture halls, 18 research labs, and 12 teaching labs. The technology-rich addition was designed by HOK to foster interaction and collaboration between faculty and students in the disciplines of biology, biotechnology, molecular research, physics, chemistry, physiology, environmental science, and ecology.
The University of Nottingham began construction in July of 2010 on the £26 million Bioenergy Centre in the United Kingdom. Designed by maber, the facility will house the Food and Biofuel Innovation Centre, the Centre for Brewing Technology and Innovation, and one of six Sustainable Bioenergy Centre research programs. The 3,100-sm building will feature laboratories, pilot production suites, and facilities for incubation, testing, and demonstration. Completion is expected in March of 2011.
