Auburn, Ala.
Auburn University will construct the 68,000-sf Center for Advanced Science, Innovation, and Commerce in Auburn, Ala. Funded by a $14.4 million stimulus grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the $29 million science building will house 21 laboratories including three genomics labs and two simulation labs. The facility will house five multidisciplinary research clusters: Ecosystem Health Forecast and Marine Aquaculture; Predictive Biology and Informatic Forecasting; Water Quality Standard and Detection; Biofuel Quality and Standards; and Detection and Food Quality and Safety. Completion is expected by spring of 2012.
