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Auckland University Expands Medical School
Auckland University is planning a $240 million expansion and renovation of its medical and health science campus in Grafton, New Zealand. Construction will begin in late 2009 on a new four-story building housing lecture halls and a large atrium. Occupancy is expected by year-end 2011. A renovation of three existing facilities is expected to reach completion by early 2013.
Indonesia Plans Flu Vaccine Labs
Indonesia’s Ministry of Health announced plans in May of 2009 to build a flu vaccine research and production facility. The laboratory will eventually manufacture a single human vaccine for swine and avian flu viruses. A flu vaccine laboratory is currently under construction at Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java. Construction began on a flu vaccine facility at the PT Biofarma campus in Bandung in May of 2009.
Stimulus Funding Supports NIST Construction and Research
The National Institute of Standards and Technology received $610 million in federal stimulus funding for research and construction in May of 2009. $360 million will support construction projects at NIST research facilities. The 120,000-sf precision measurement laboratory under construction in Boulder will receive $68.5 million. The facility is expected to reach completion in 2012. The $2 million Net-Zero-Energy Residential Test Facility and a $7 million Fire and Police Services facility will be built in Gaithersburg, Md.
Winnipeg Laboratories Receive Renovation Funding
The Canadian government has allocated $34.7 million to support renovations and upgrades at four federal laboratories in Winnipeg. The Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health will receive $24.2 million for facility renovations. The Freshwater Institute will receive $1 million, Health Canada’s Manitoba Regional Laboratory will receive $5.5 million, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s forensic science lab will receive $4 million. The funding is part of the Canada’s $250 million Economic Action Plan.
Mesalands Community College Builds Wind Research and Training Center
Mesalands Community College will begin construction in November of 2009 on the $7 million North American Wind Research and Training Center in Tucumari, N.M. The 26,385-sf facility was designed by Kilmer and Associates of Clovis and is slated for completion in December of 2010. The project will be comprised of a 12,697-sf wind turbine workshop and a 13,688-sf facility housing classrooms, labs, offices, and a lecture hall.