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University of Kansas Builds School of Pharmacy
The University of Kansas is constructing the $45.5 million School of Pharmacy in Lawrence. The 110,000-sf facility is being built by J.E. Dunn Construction Co. and is slated for completion in fall of 2010. The facility will enable the university to enroll 150 new students annually to address the statewide shortage of pharmacists.
Institute of Animal Health Plans Pirbright Redevelopment
The Institute of Animal Health is planning a £100 million redevelopment of its animal disease research laboratories in Pirbright in the United Kingdom. Supporting research on emerging, existing, and vector-borne infectious diseases in animal and human populations, the project is slated for completion in 2013.
USAMRIID Breaks Ground on Biocontainment Lab
The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) broke ground in late August of 2009 on a $680 million headquarters and biocontainment laboratory in Frederick, Md. Located at Fort Detrick, the BSL-4 facility will support research on infectious diseases and pathogens. Occupancy is expected in May of 2014. The five-story, 800,000-sf facility will house up to 952 researchers, administrators, and technicians.
MIT Develops Singapore University of Technology and Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will partner with the government of Singapore to construct the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Providing interdisciplinary technology-centered education, the $100 million project is expected to break ground in summer of 2010 and reach completion in 2013. A sister research facility, the MIT Singapore International Design Center, will be constructed on the MIT campus in Cambridge. Groundbreaking is slated for July of 2010.
Ascension Health Builds Middle Tennessee Medical Center
Ascension Health is constructing the $267 million Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Slated for completion in June of 2010 and occupancy the following October, the 561,000-sf replacement hospital will include 10 operating rooms, 11 labor and delivery suites, an intensive care unit, emergency, and diagnostic imaging facilities. The general contractor for the 286-bed project is Turner Construction.