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Maryland General Hospital will celebrate the opening of its $57 million expansion in Baltimore in March of 2010. The 92,500-sf project consists of 77,000 sf of new construction and 15,534 sf of renovated space. Designed by Hord Coplan Macht of Baltimore, the five-story tower houses eight operating rooms, two endoscopy suites, a cystoscopy suite, and an 18-room intensive care unit. The construction manager for the project was Barton Malow. Construction began on the facility in late 2007.

The University of Miami was awarded $14.8 million in stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health in February of 2010 to construct a neuroscience and health annex on its campus in Coral Gables, Fla. The 37,700-sf facility will provide advanced interdisciplinary research laboratories, including an fMRI suite. Built as an addition to the James M. Cox Jr. Science Center within the College of Arts and Sciences, the facility will support collaborative research with the Miller School of Medicine. Completion is expected in 2012.

Mount Union College is engaged in a $4 million renovation of Wilson Hall in Alliance, Ohio. Designed by Westlake, Reed & Leskosky with RFD (Research Facilities Design) as the laboratory design consultant, the project will create six engineering labs, two classrooms, and 21 offices in the 22,000-sf facility. Completion is expected by fall of 2010.

Quinte Health Care opened the $99.5 million Charlotte Sills Wing in February of 2010 in Belleville, Ontario. Construction began on the five-story facility in March of 2007. The wing houses outpatient care, a continuing care inpatient unit, a children’s treatment center, and clinics for rehabilitation and speech therapy. The project represents a 155,000-sf expansion of the existing hospital.

Idaho National Laboratory is planning to break ground in spring of 2010 on four new facilities in Idaho Falls. Creating an integrated complex, the buildings will include a research and education laboratory, a testing demonstration center, a second building for the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), and a cafeteria.