The Royal College of Surgeons is planning to construct a new campus in Dublin. Located on the former site of Belcamp College, the project would include a 39,000-sm medical school and a six-story, 64,000-sm hospital with 320 inpatient beds. Consolidating clinical training, research, and patient care, the campus may also include a 90-bed nursing home, a hotel, and a business incubator.
The College of the Holy Cross celebrated the opening of the $63 million Integrated Science Complex in March of 2010. Located in Worcester, Mass., the four-story facility provides 142,000 gsf of new and renovated classroom, lecture, research, and laboratory space. Designed to foster interaction and collaboration, the interdisciplinary complex includes an atrium, conference rooms, and shared equipment suites. The Integrated Science Complex is comprised of the Park B. and Linda Smith Laboratories and the renovated Haberlin Hall.
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will begin construction in fall of 2010 on an expansion of its genomics data center. Doubling the size of the existing 16,000-sf facility, the completed 32,000-sf building will house advanced sequencing and bioinformatics technologies. The project is supported by $14.3 million in stimulus funding from the National Center for Research Resources.
The University of Southern Mississippi will begin construction in fall of 2010 on a $7.6 million science building on its Gulf Park campus in Long Beach. Slated for completion in spring of 2012, the 33,580-sf facility will provide laboratories for biology, chemistry, and marine science as well as faculty offices, research space, and classrooms. The design architect for the project is Allred Architectural Group.
Bangor University is designing a £35 million arts and innovation center in Bangor, Wales. The Pontio Project will house instructional facilities, an innovation hub, and performance spaces. The center is being designed by architectural firm Grimshaw and will include a 450-seat theater, rehearsal studios, and cinema space. The innovation hub will provide research and development space for projects ranging from new business technologies to health research. The facility is supported by £15 million of Welsh Assembly government funding.
The University of Alaska Anchorage is planning to construct the $20 million Girdwood Renewable Energy Research and Discovery Center. Supporting research on renewable energy technologies such as small-scale hydropower systems, the project will include field sites for instream hydrokinetic, tidal, and micro-hydropower turbine testing. The center will also house education, training, and testing facilities.
The University of Texas at San Antonio dedicated the $82.5 million Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Building on March 10, 2010. Designed to support world-class teaching and research in science and engineering, the four-story, 145,440-sf facility provides 36 laboratories, 87 faculty offices, five classrooms, and collaborative study alcoves. The building houses the departments of biomedical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, and astronomy.
The University of California-Davis opened a $62-million stem cell research facility in March of 2010 on its medical center campus in Sacramento. Construction of the 90,000-sf facility was supported by $20 million in funding from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. The project included renovation and new construction to create research laboratories and GMP manufacturing space. A total of 54,000 sf is now occupied, with the remainder as shell space for future expansion.
The University of Utah is planning to renovate the George Thomas Building in Salt Lake City to house the Center for Cell and Genome Science. Construction will begin on the $75 million project in 2012. The completed facility will be named the Gary L. and Ann S. Crocker Science Center and will provide classrooms, laboratories, and administrative offices for the College of Science.
Rutgers University is building the $47 million Center for Integrative Proteomics Technologies on its Busch campus in Piscataway, N.J. Construction began on the 70,000-sf facility in November of 2009 with completion expected in October of 2011. The four-story protein research facility will bring together the BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology, the Protein Data Bank, and branches of the National Institutes of Health’s Protein Structure Initiative structural genomics project.
West Virginia University was awarded $14.5 million in stimulus funding in March of 2010 to build a biomedical research facility in Morgantown. Located adjacent to the existing Health Sciences Center, the 22,000-sf project will include modern animal housing space and biosafety laboratories.
Albany Medical Center is planning to expand research laboratories at its medical college in Albany, N.Y. Supported by $9.1 million in stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources and $910,000 from the New York State Innovation Economy Matching Grant Program, the project includes the addition of two floors of research labs (totaling 20,272 nsf) to a three-story building currently under construction.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will break ground on an $89 million renovation and expansion of Shultz Hall in summer of 2010. The first phase of the project is comprised of a $29 million renovation to create a new Center for the Arts. Completion is expected in 2013. The second phase of the project involves construction of a $60 million addition to the facility.
The University of Southern Mississippi dedicated the 53,000-sf Trent Lott National Center for Excellence in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Hattiesburg in March of 2010. The three-story building was designed by Albert and Associates and built by Finlo Construction. Providing classrooms, conference rooms, and administrative offices, the facility houses the Department of Economic and Workforce Development, the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security, and the Center for Logistics, Trade, and Transportation.
Augustana College is planning an expansion and renovation of Gilbert Science Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. The two-phase project includes construction of a $30 million addition housing teaching and research labs and a nursing education wing. The second phase consists of a $30 million renovation to create classrooms and faculty offices. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
