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Florida Hospital will begin construction in early summer of 2010 on the $35 million Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement in Celebration, Fla. The 50,000-sf project will provide training and simulation suites for robotic surgery.

Ground was broken in March of 2010 on the $200 million South Australian Health and Medical Research Facility in Adelaide. Designed by Woods Bagot with RFD (Research Facilities Design) as laboratory design consultant, the 280,000-gsf translational research facility will include 135,000 nsf of laboratory space, a molecular imaging therapy unit, a cyclotron, an imaging suite, and an animal facility.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will invest £100 million to construct an offshore wind power research facility in the United Kingdom. The U.K. government will contribute an additional £30 to the project. The facility will support the development of turbines capable of producing more than 5 megawatts utilizing blades 100 meters long.

National Cheng Kung University dedicated the 16,253-sm Social Sciences Building in Taipei on February 24, 2010. The academic facility is comprised of eight stories and a basement and was built at a cost of NT$321 million. The building is located on the Li-Hsing campus and houses four departments and three research institutes. Ground was broken on the project in September of 2007.

Johnson Controls is partnering with IBM to create a Smart Building Solution that can improve operations and reduce energy and water consumption in facilities worldwide. Johnson Controls will combine its prowess in energy efficiency and sustainable technologies with IBM’s software, hardware, and services. The result will help clients improve energy and asset management performance across their enterprises.