Research and Development

Eastern Michigan University will open a $90 million addition to its Science Complex in January of 2011. Located in Ypsilanti, Mich., the five-story, 80,000-sf facility features a planetarium classroom and 36 science labs for biology, chemistry, geography, geology, physics, astronomy, and psychology. The 180,000-sf Mark Jefferson building will also be renovated. The project team includes architect Lord, Aeck & Sargent, general contractor Christman Company, and program manager DMJM.

Fiat will constuct a 1.3 billion R&D and manufacturing facility in Suape, PE, Brazil. The building will be located in the Port and Industrial District in the State of Pernambuco and will produce up to 200,000 vehicles annually.

The Ri.MED Foundation with registered offices in Palermo, Sicily, was established in 2006 and comprises the following founder-members: the Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers, the Presidency of the Region of Sicily, the Italian National Research Center, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

The Oregon University System plans to begin building the $170 million Life Sciences Collaborative Complex in mid-2011. The facility will be located on Oregon Health & Science University's Schnitzer Campus along the Willamette River in Portland. Design-build services for the project will be provided by J.E. Dunn Construction of Kansas City, Mo. Housing collaborative teaching and research facilities, the complex will promote the development of industry partnerships with bioscience, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies.

JP Sercel Associates (JPSA) completed an expansion of its laser manufacturing facility in December of 2010 in Manchester, N.H. The 24,000-sf addition provides cleanrooms, R&D labs, laser micromachining workstations, and offices. The total footprint of the completed facility is 58,000 sf. The general contractor for the project was Jewett Construction.

The University of California, San Francisco is building the 230,000-sf Cardiovascular Research Building in San Francisco's Mission Bay development. Featuring integrated clinical and research space, the facility will house labs, offices, a 35,000-sf vivarium, and an outpatient clinic. The translational research building was designed by SmithGroup and Jim Jennings Architecture. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) were implemented in the planning and development of the project.

The University of Wisconsin will begin construction in 2012 on a second research park in Madison. The project will create 4 million sf of laboratory and technology space. The mixed-use development will include residential and retail space in an innovative urban setting.

The University of Chicago will initiate construction on the $215 million William Eckhardt Research Center in September of 2011. The 265,000-sf facility will provide laboratories for astronomy, chemistry, physics, and astrophysics. Supporting advanced nanoscale reseach and development, the seven-story project will house the Institute for Molecular Engineering and will include two floors below ground. The Institute for Molecular Engineering will be operated in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory.

The University of Texas at Arlington completed the $126 million Engineering Research Building in December of 2010. The 234,000-gsf facility houses classrooms, research and teaching labs, a science and engineering library, collaboration space, faculty offices, and space for the departments of biomedical engineering and computer science. The project was designed by Page Southerland Page with RFD (Research Facilities Design) as laboratory design consultant.

College of the Holy Cross attained LEED Gold sustainable design certification for the $64 million Integrated Science Complex in December of 2010. Located in Worcester, Mass., the four-story facility consists of the Park B. and Linda Smith Laboratories, a new four-story building, and the renovated Haberlin Hall. The project includes numerous features that produce an energy savings of more than 52% in cooling and 39% in heating, lowering total energy consumption by more than 31% over industry standard baseline. Other energy efficient and sustainability features include:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed the creation of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences in December of 2010. The center was recommended by the the Scientific Management Review Board as part of an initiative to streamline the structure of the NIH. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences will house existing NIH programs including the National Center for Research Resource's Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA).

The University of Alberta will build a $26.5 million stem cell research facility in Edmonton. Supported by $10.6 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the 10,000-sf regenerative medicine laboratory will be located on the seventh floor of the Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation. Completion is expected in 2013.

Bayer HealthCare broke ground in December of 2010 on a €35 million biologics production facility in Wuppertal, Germany. The five-story building will house 1,370 sm of cleanroom space on two floors for the production of therapeutics for clinical trails. The facility will also house offices, interaction space, and technology suites. Completion is expected in 2012.

The $32.9 million Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer Hall was recently constructed at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. The building gives Purdue’s renowned Structural Biology group the space needed to continue to be at the forefront of this field. The 65,690-sf facility includes research laboratories and a BSL-3 suite with embedded electron microscopy.

Nektar Therapeutics opened its new 102,000-sf headquarters in San Francisco's Mission Bay development in December of 2010. The facility will house 150 employees and is sited adjacent to the UCSF Life Sciences and Medical Center. Previously based in San Carlos, Calif., Nektar utilizes an advanced polymer conjugate chemistry technology platform to create novel therapeutics.