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LG Group Completes Seoul R&D Facility
LG Group completed construction of its $182.7 million research and development center in March of 2009 in Seoul, Korea. The duration of construction was three years. The facility will support R&D in digital convergence technologies, software and design of mobile phones, televisions, and optical storage products. The 25-story building will accommodate 3,000 employees.
Wright State University's Diggs Laboratory Attains LEED Gold
Wright State University’s Matthew O. Diggs III Laboratory for Life Science Research was awarded LEED Gold sustainable design certification in March of 2009. Located in Fairborn, Ohio, the 48,000-sf facility utilizes 40 percent less energy than a standard laboratory and features a white roof for heat deflection, irrigation-free landscaping, waterless urinals and low-flow plumbing fixtures, highly efficient HVAC systems with heat recovery, and low-VOC interior finishes. The $15 million facility was completed in November of 2007.
Gore PharmBIO Opens Manufacturing Cleanroom
Gore PharmBIO Products opened its new production facility in Elkton, Md., in March of 2009. Doubling manufacturing capacity, the project features an ISO Class 7 (Class 10,000) cleanroom with different pressure control zones and physical barriers minimizing product cross-contamination. The cleanroom incorporates the latest in technology with high efficiency, low power consumption fan filter units as well as air handling equipment utilizing high efficiency motors, drives, and control system features. Gore PharmBIO Products is a business initiative of W.L.
Southern Utah University Plans Gibson Science Center
Southern Utah University is planning to construct the $20 million Gibson Science Center in Cedar City. The 42,385-sf facility will be built as an addition to the University’s Science Center and will house the departments of biology, chemistry, and nursing. The four-story project will provide 23 laboratories, 34 offices, three classrooms, two animal care rooms, a greenhouse, and a museum. Site work will begin in summer of 2009 with completion slated for July of 2010.
Johns Hopkins Opens Armstrong Medical Education Building
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine opened the $45 million Anne and Mike Armstrong Medical Education Building in Baltimore in early 2009. The four-story, 100,000-sf project broke ground in September of 2006 and houses a 70-person learning studio, two 180-seat lecture halls, classrooms, flexible laboratories, offices, and study areas. The facility will support the School of Medicine’s new Genes to Society curriculum, which centers on advances in human genome research.