Vanderbilt University initiated construction in August 2005 on the Institute of Imaging Sciences (VUIIS) in Nashville, Tenn. Slated for completion in summer of 2006, the $26.7-million project will house a new $7-million, 7-tesla magnet on the ground floor that will be shielded with 400 metric tons of steel. The magnet will be installed in December 2005 and will be used in medical research for near-term identification of therapies and disease cures.
The four-story, 42,000-sf concrete-frame facility will bring all of the university's current activities in imaging research under one roof as well as accommodating research in biomedical science, engineering, and physics. Three existing magnets and other imaging systems used in animal studies will be moved to the building's second floor which will house a new vertical-bore magnet for non-human primate research on brain chemistry, structure, and function. The project team includes architect Lord, Aeck & Sargent of Atlanta; general contractor Turner Universal Construction Company of Brentwood, Tenn.; MEP/FP engineer Smith Seckman Reid of Nashville; structural engineer KSi of Atlanta; and civil engineer Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon of Nashville.
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