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Industry News
Summa Builds Health Center at Lake Medina
Summa Health System will begin construction in spring of 2009 on the $20 million Health Center at Lake Medina in Montville Township, Ohio. The three-story, 100,000-sf facility will house an ambulatory surgery center, comprehensive outpatient services, and a medical office building. The project broke ground in November of 2008 and completion is expected in spring of 2010.
Idaho Technology Opens Biosafety R&D Facility
Idaho Technology celebrated the opening of its new $8.5 million R&D facility in Salt Lake City in April of 2009. Located in the University of Utah Research Park, the 41,000-sf project houses laboratories for the development of infectious disease and biological warfare testing solutions. Clinical trials will begin in mid-2009 on the technology, which will be released as kits for the detection of viruses, bacteria, and select agents in 2010.
Green River Community College Breaks Ground on Academic Building
Green River Community College will break ground in early summer of 2009 on a $25 million academic building in Auburn, Wash. The three-story, 80,000-sf facility will accommodate instruction in business, English, fine arts, social science, and humanities. Slated for occupancy in fall of 2011, the sustainably designed project will feature technology rich classrooms for progressive teaching methodologies. The building will also house faculty offices and a laboratory.
GSA Plans Department of Homeland Security Consolidation
The General Services Administration is planning to consolidate the Department of Homeland Security on the site of the historic St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. The $3.4 billion, 4.5 million-sf project will be the largest public works project since the construction of the Pentagon. The Department of Homeland Security will relocate 14,000 of its 26,000 employees in the region (currently housed in 70 buildings in 40 separate locations) to the new campus by 2016.
Sanford Health Constructs Aberdeen Hospital
Sanford Health will break ground in mid-2009 on the $50 million Sanford Regional Hospital Aberdeen in South Dakota. Slated for completion in 2011, the 105,000-sf, 36-bed facility will include technology rich surgical suites, a cardiac catheterization lab, imaging, emergency, and labor and delivery. The hospital will feature an integrated design to promote optimum patient safety and accessibility.