The Georgia Institute of Technology is constructing the $80 million Marcus Nanotechnology Building in Atlanta. Ground was broken on the project, which houses the NRCB (Nanotechnology Research Center Building) cleanrooms, in August of 2006 with completion slated for summer of 2008. The project is comprised of five stories of laboratory and office space and a 30,000-sf, three-level cleanroom.
Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine will begin construction in spring of 2008 on a $90 million medical school campus in Grand Rapids. The 180,000-sf facility will be called the Secchia Center and will partner with institutions including Spectrum Health, the Van Andel Institute, and Saint Mary's Health Care. Comprised of seven medical school floors and a five-story parking garage, the center will feature an atrium connecting floors one through four and a smaller atrium on floors five and six.
Bristol University is constructing the £11 million Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information in the United Kingdom. Slated for completion in spring of 2008, the facility will feature advanced noise and vibration reduction technologies. The building will accommodate researchers from the disciplines of biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and physics engaged in nanotechnology and quantum computation research.
Palm Beach Community College (PBCC) opened the 91,000-sf BioScience Technology Complex in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. in January of 2008. Featuring state-of-the-art laboratories to support the college’s associate's degree in biotechnology, the project will enable students to acquire the skills required by local employers such as Scripps Research Institute. The $15 million facility also houses a wellness center, a lecture hall, and meeting rooms. PBCC is also constructing a $9.2 million, 50,000-sf science building on its Lake Worth campus.
The University of California, Los Angeles dedicated the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) facility on December 14, 2007. Designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, the interdisciplinary facility houses laboratories and leading edge equipment for nanoscience research and development. The Institute accommodates 75 faculty members and researchers and over 300 graduate students engaged in creating biomedical, manufacturing, and information technologies.
Ohio University is planning to construct a $450,000 animal research facility south of its Athens campus in Hebbardsville. The facility will accommodate large animals including cattle and goats for anatomy and physiology studies. Designed to promote faculty recruitment, the facility will enable research on locomotion, feeding, and craniofacial morphology.
Colorado State University broke ground in December of 2007 on a $42 million veterinary science facility in Fort Collins. The 90,000-sf diagnostic medicine center will house specialty laboratories for zoonotic disease research. The facility is one of seven in the nation selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
Charles R. Drew University has selected Irvine-based gkkworks as the general contractor for a $30 million medical education and research facility in South Los Angeles. The two-story, 65,000-sf structure will house a nursing school, a research clinic, and life science laboratories.
Saint Louis University dedicated the $82 million Edward A. Doisy Research Center in St. Louis, Mo., on December 7, 2007. Designed by Cannon Design, the 206,000-sf, 10-story glass and steel tower is the centerpiece of the University’s multi-million dollar program to accelerate its steady growth in funded basic medical science research and clinical translational research. The state-of-the-art facility features many open labs to foster exploration, research, and communication of information and ideas among the next generation of medical leaders.
The University of Iowa opened its new research facility at the Hygienic Laboratory in Ankeny on December 4, 2007. Designed as a resource for bioterrorism prevention, the laboratory will provide rapid testing capabilities for infectious disease agents. The Ankeny facility is part of the nationwide Laboratory Response Network and will serve as the state of Iowa's environmental and public health laboratory.
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center opened the $48 million Medical Education Building II in El Paso in December of 2007. Part of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the 125,000-sf facility is the second in a planned three-building campus. The four story facility houses classrooms, teaching labs, computer simulation labs with manikins, a digital library, and administrative offices.
The University of California, Berkeley is planning a $130 million renovation of its Clark Kerr campus. The project will include renovation of seven of the 20 buildings on the historic campus as well as upgrades to the existing steam plant and auditorium building. The renovation will be developed in two phases; each 97,000-sf phase is expected to reach completion in 10 to 11 months.
The University of Florida is partnering with Alexandria Real Estate Equities to construct approximately 160,000-sf of life science and technology incubator space on the University’s Gainesville campus. The first 80,000-sf facility will be called The Innovation Center and will begin construction in 2008. Completion is slated for 2010. The building will feature flexible and adaptable laboratory and office space. A second facility will be built within several years.
Harvard University opened the $155 million Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE) in Cambridge in November of 2007. Sited mostly underground, the building includes a 10,000-sf cleanroom with advanced filtration capabilities and vibration-isolated architecture. Designed by Rafael Moneo, LISE features open spaces for spontaneous researcher interaction and collaboration.
Lincoln University broke ground on a new science and general classroom facility on its Chester County, Philadelphia campus in November of 2007. Designed by Philadelphia-based KlingStubbins, Lincoln University’s High Technology Building is the most recent physical enhancement to America’s first historically black university. The new 113,000-gsf facility is the first element within a new quadrangle south of the main campus and is sited to define the eastern boundary of Lincoln’s planned academic development.
