Central Michigan University broke ground in February of 2010 on a $24 million addition to the Health Professions Building in Mount Pleasant. Construction will begin on the 60,000-sf facility in May of 2010 with completion slated for January of 2012.
Kansas State University was awarded $12 million in February of 2010 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to support research in zoonotic and animal disease defense. The grant will establish a Center of Excellence to develop vaccines, diagnostic methods, pandemic modeling tools, and educational programs.
Okanagan College is building the $28 million Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation in Penticton, British Columbia. The zero-energy, zero-waste facility will feature the largest photovoltaic solar array on a non-utility building in Canada. Supporting education, research, and training in sustainable design, the building will include interactive instrumentation for monitoring of building systems. The facility will also house the Okanagan Research and Innovation Centre.
The University of Louisville was awarded LEED Gold sustainable design certification for its $143 million Clinical and Translational Research Building in February of 2010. The 288,000-sf project was designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan of Louisville and SmithGroup of Detroit. The general contractor was Messer Construction of Cincinnati. Ground was broken on the project in February of 2006 with completion in October of 2009.
Florida International University dedicated its $34 million College of Nursing and Health Sciences facility in Miami in February of 2010. The five-story, 100,000-sf building consolidates the university’s health sciences programs in a single location to support collaborative teaching and research. Designed by HOK, the facility is comprised of two wings and features simulation training suites, interactive skills laboratories, lecture classrooms, distance learning facilities, conference rooms, wet research labs, computer suites, and evaluation areas.
The University of California Riverside celebrated the opening of the Stem Cell Core Facility (SCCF) in February of 2010. Located in Noel Keen Hall, the 2,000-sf facility features a Nikon BioStation CT incubator and advanced microscopy instrumentation. The project was funded by $2.8 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s $28 million Science and Technology Building is slated for completion in October of 2010. The 41,560-sf facility will house classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, and research space for the departments of physics, astronomy, and chemistry.
The University of Colorado is building the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building in Boulder. Ground was broken on the interdisciplinary project in September of 2009 with completion expected in fall of 2011. The cost of the first phase of construction is $145 million. The 257,000-sf research and teaching facility will house the department of chemical and biological engineering, the biochemistry division of the department of chemistry and biochemistry, and the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology (CIMB).
West Virginia University broke ground on a $33 million renovation of White Hall in Morgantown in February of 2010. Creating a rooftop planetarium, two 175-seat technology-rich classrooms, and laboratories for teaching and research, the completed project will house the relocated Department of Physics. Demolition began in early 2010 with occupancy expected in fall of 2011.
California State University San Marcos’s $40 million Social and Behavioral Science Building is slated for completion in fall of 2011. The 106,000-sf facility will house seven conference rooms, eight classrooms, 13 labs, 14 academic department suites, 125 faculty offices, and graduate research space. Designed by AC Martin Partners, the four-story project will house anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, women’s studies, liberal studies, human development, communications, and American Indian studies.
Grand Valley State University will begin construction in spring of 2011 on the $70 million Mary Idema Pew Library and Information Commons in Allendale, Mich. The five-story, 100,000-sf facility will provide seating for 1,500 students, shelf space for 150,000 books, and an automated storage and retrieval system for an additional 600,000 volumes. The building will also house 30 meeting and study rooms. Completion is expected in April of 2013.
South Dakota State University is building the $51 million Avera Health and Science Center in Brookings, S.D. Created in partnership with Avera Health, the 144,000-sf project is comprised of 96,000 sf of new construction and 48,000 sf of renovated space. Housing the College of Pharmacy and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the center will provide classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, and faculty offices. Construction began on the project in June of 2008. The facility will open in fall of 2010.
Foothill-De Anza Community College will expand its California facilities with the construction of two new buildings. In Los Altos, the Foothill Physical Sciences Village will provide three separate buildings to house the Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Nanotechnology, and Astronomy departments. The Classroom building includes six 40-seat classrooms and two 72-seat lecture rooms, while the Laboratory building holds four chemistry laboratories, two physics laboratories, and three multipurpose laboratories to be shared by the Astronomy and Engineering departments.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine was awarded $15 million in stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health in February of 2010 to construct a 22,000-sf animal research laboratory in Phoenix. Housing 33 researchers and staff members, the underground facility will be located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. The project will be built in partnership with Arizona State University and will include a vivarium for rats and mice. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
The University of Miami was awarded $14.8 million in stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health in February of 2010 to construct a neuroscience and health annex on its campus in Coral Gables, Fla. The 37,700-sf facility will provide advanced interdisciplinary research laboratories, including an fMRI suite. Built as an addition to the James M. Cox Jr. Science Center within the College of Arts and Sciences, the facility will support collaborative research with the Miller School of Medicine. Completion is expected in 2012.
