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Indiana University Opens Select Agent Lab
Indiana University Bloomington opened a new laboratory for the study of select agents and pathogens at the College of Arts and Sciences in August of 2009. The project team included BSA LifeStructures of Indianapolis as architect/engineer of record with CDI of Bloomington as general contractor. Laboratory control systems were provided by Siemens of Indianapolis with commissioning services provided by George Butler Associates of Lenexa, Kan., and VicoCon of Kansas City, Mo.
Algonquin College Builds Renaissance Square Campus
Algonquin College will begin construction in April of 2011 on a $36 million waterfront campus in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. The 80,000-sf facility is slated for occupancy in fall of 2012.
College of Saint Rose Builds Massry Center for the Arts
The College of Saint Rose is building the $9 million Massry Center for the Arts in New York. The 32,000-sf facility will house a 400-seat recital hall, rehearsal spaces, a gallery, classrooms, seminar rooms, and dormitories. The Center for Communications and Interactive Media will include studios for music recording, television, and radio; a video production room; and a multimedia computer laboratory. Completion is expected in January of 2010.
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Builds Harrisonburg Facility
Rockingham Memorial Hospital is building a $280 million replacement facility in Harrisonburg, Va. Designed by Earl Swensson Associates and built by Bovis Lend Lease, the 620,000-sf project is slated for completion in June of 2010. The five-story plus basement facility will provide 238 inpatient beds.
OECD Releases Reports on Safety of Engineered Nanomaterials
The international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released three new reports on the safety of engineered nanomaterials.