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University of Waterloo Breaks Ground on Engineering VI
The University of Waterloo broke ground on the $36 million Engineering VI Building in September of 2009. The five-story, 113,000-sf facility will house research labs, classrooms, and administrative space for the department of chemical engineering. Completion is expected in March of 2011.
Tarrant County College Builds Science and Academic Building
Tarrant County College began construction in September of 2009 on the 120,000-sf Science and Academic Building in Arlington, Texas. Slated for completion in 2010, the sustainable three-story building will have a 150-200 seat lecture hall, student gathering areas, general purpose classrooms, an atrium, and teaching laboratories. Plano-based SHW Group is the project architect and Turner Construction Company's Dallas office is serving as general contractor. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
East Texas Medical Center Opens Pittsburgh Hospital
Construction of the 100,000-sf East Texas Medical Center-Pittsburg was completed in September of 2009. Featuring a nuclear medicine suite and 16 physician clinics, the acute-care hospital includes emergency, laboratory, surgery, and imaging departments. A 25-bed nursing unit includes four monitored intermediate care units and 21 medical-surgical private patient rooms. Construction began on the facility, which is designated as a Level IV Trauma Center, in November of 2007.
Biosafety Task Force Issues Report on Biocontainment Training and Safety
The Trans-Federal Task Force on Optimizing Biosafety and Biocontainment Oversight issued a report in September of 2009 recommeding mandatory biosafety training for workers in biocontainment laboratories. The report also details a system of credentials for lab personnel and suggests that oversight of biosafety protocol should be managed by a single federal organization.
Buffalo State College Builds Science and Mathematics Complex
Buffalo State College broke ground on the $110 million Science and Mathematics Complex in September of 2009. The two-phase project includes renovation of an existing facility and construction of a 96,000-sf addition housing teaching and research labs, offices, and instrumentation space. The completed facility will also include an atrium, an imaging suite, a planetarium, and greenhouses. The Science and Mathematics Complex will house the departments of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and earth sciences.