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Norton Healthcare Opens Acute Care Hospital
Norton Healthcare opened the $146 million Norton Brownsboro Hospital in August of 2009. Located in Brownsboro, Ky., the patient-centered facility houses diagnostic imaging (including MRI and CT), an emergency department, surgical suites, and private inpatient rooms. The facility was designed by Karlsberger Architecture.
U.S. Navy Initiates Guam Energy Renovations
The U.S. Navy awarded Johnson Controls a $34.1 million contract in August of 2009 to perform energy efficiency renovations at Apra Harbor Base in Guam. The project will cut use of electricity by 6.4mwh annually and create $1.7 million in annual savings. A large photovoltaic system will be installed, and HVAC and lighting systems will be upgraded. Johnson Controls’ Metasys building management system will also be implemented to integrate operations for the base’s 49 buildings.
Indiana University Opens Select Agent Lab
Indiana University Bloomington opened a new laboratory for the study of select agents and pathogens at the College of Arts and Sciences in August of 2009. The project team included BSA LifeStructures of Indianapolis as architect/engineer of record with CDI of Bloomington as general contractor. Laboratory control systems were provided by Siemens of Indianapolis with commissioning services provided by George Butler Associates of Lenexa, Kan., and VicoCon of Kansas City, Mo.
Marshall University Plans Applied Science Center
Marshall University is planning to construct the $50 million Applied Science Center in Huntington, W.V. The 140,000-sf facility will house the College of Information Technology and Engineering, the departments of mathematics and computational sciences, a modeling and digital imaging resource facility, and engineering and bioengineering research labs. Occupancy is expected in 2012.
DOD Uses Drawbase for Military Health System Management
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) awarded Drawbase Software a next phase contract in August of 2009 to expand the use of DRAWBASE within the Military Health System. Additionally, the next version of DRAWBASE will be implemented in the 2010 release of the DMLSS (Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support) system. Enabling data from many sources to be managed in a single repository, the integrated system will improve logistics responsiveness for DOD medical facilities.