Clemson University is planning to construct a $6-million incubator facility in Pendleton, S.C. Sited in the Clemson Research Park, the 40,000-sf Innovation Center will be located adjacent to Clemson's Advanced Materials Research Laboratory. Additionally, Clemson has allotted $10.3 million in funding to create a research campus for the Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI) in North Charleston on the former Charleston Naval Base.
Baylor College of Medicine celebrated the groundbreaking of the Margaret M. Alkek Building for Biomedical Research in Houston on Sept. 16, 2005. The 203,000-gsf, eight-story facility will feature flexible lab and office space designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in areas including cardiovascular sciences, diabetes, cancer, pharmacogenomics, imaging, informatics, and proteomics. Completion is expected in May 2007.
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) opened its new $145-million College of Medicine Research Building in September 2005. Providing state-of-the-art laboratories for biomedical researchers, the 325,000-sf building represents a 15 percent increase in UIC's total research space. The eight-story facility will bring together researchers in the fields of neuroscience, cardiovascular disease, cancer, women's health, and immunology/transplantation.
The University of Virginia Health System broke ground in September 2005 on a $70.7-million medical building on its Charlottesville campus. The 102,000-sf facility will accommodate research on vaccine therapy, immunology, infectious diseases, cancer, and biotechnology. The building will house 240 scientists working in 60 research teams.
The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) opened its new $33-million, 110,000-sf science facility in fall 2005. Part of the UMD College of Science and Engineering, the three-story building is comprised of a teaching wing and a research wing, and houses computer and wet labs, offices, and study space for chemistry and biology. Designed by architect Ken Kornberg of Palo Alto, Calif., the facility features an open-lab layout to foster collaboration.
The University of North Carolina is partnering with Dole Food Company, North Carolina State University, developer David Murdock, and other institutions to create the 350-acre North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. Upon completion, the campus will comprise over one million square feet of office and laboratory space as well as commercial, retail, and residential facilities. The first 330,000-sf building will include:
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded the University of Louisville a $22 million federal grant to construct a biodefense research laboratory on its Shelby campus. One of thirteen BSL-3 Regional Biosafety Laboratories in the nation funded by NIAID since 2003, the 45,000-sf facility will be supported by $12.6 million in University funding. The building will house the University's Center for Predictive Medicine.
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded George Mason University (GMU) a $25-million grant to construct a new BSL-3 biocontainment laboratory in Fairfax, Va. The facility will be part of GMU's $45-million National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, an 83,000-sf facility that will accommodate research on diseases considered to be potential bioterror threats.
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth broke ground in September 2005 on a $9-million, 20,000-sf research center dedicated to the study of botulism, a potential bioterrorism threat.
The University of Hawaii has been awarded a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to construct a new biodefense laboratory in Pearl City. The BSL-3 facility will be sited near the existing state Department of Health laboratory and may receive additional funding from a proposed $12 million state grant. Construction of the new biocontainment laboratory is slated to begin in fall 2006.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) has completed construction of the 145,000-sf Child Health Institute in New Brunswick, N.J. Part of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of UMDNJ, the $72 million facility was developed in partnership with the New Brunswick Development Corporation. Designed by Princeton-based The Hillier Group, the comprehensive biomedical research center will accommodate research on the prevention, treatment and cure of childhood diseases with an emphasis on translational medicine.
Simon Fraser University is constructing 4D Labs, a new nanotechnology research facility in Burnaby, British Columbia. The $35-million project will house analytical laboratories and cleanrooms for advanced materials and nanoscience research. 4D Labs is slated for completion in 2007.
The University of Florida has awarded The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company the construction management contract for the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Emerging Technologies (NIMET) facility in Gainesville, Fla. Designed by Chicago-based M+W Zander , the $35-million facility will include laboratories, class 100 and 1000 cleanrooms, and offices. The facility will support multidisciplinary nanoscience research in areas including electronics, biology, and mechanical systems.
The University of Oregon will begin construction in fall 2005 on the $8.5-million Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnology Institute (ONAMI) facility in Eugene, Ore. To be constructed entirely underground, the 19,000-sf single-floor project will be excavated, anchored to the bedrock, and then covered up again to provide maximum stability and vibrational isolation for the facility's specialized instrumentation. Other projects at the University include:
Construction is sixty percent complete on Marshall University 's Robert G. Byrd Biotechnology Center in Huntington, W.V. The $42-million, six-story structure will accommodate two auditoriums, three teaching labs, several conference rooms, and approximately 45 laboratories. Slated for completion in fall 2006, the facility will be open for classes in January 2007. The center is the Marshall University's largest capital improvement project to date.
