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Louisiana State University Breaks Ground on Pennington Clinical Research Building
Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center broke ground in January of 2009 on the $18.2 million Clinical Research Building in Baton Rouge, La. The 90,000-sf, four-story facility will support translational research for disease treatment and prevention. The project contractor is Milton J. Womack of Baton Rouge. Completion is expected in July of 2010.
University of Adelaide Constructs Engineering Building
The University of Adelaide is building a $103 million engineering facility on its North Terrace Campus in Adelaide, South Australia. The nine-story building is expected to reach completion in 2010. The project contractor is Hindmarsh Construction. The sustainably-designed facility will feature advanced building performance monitoring equipment. Additionally, the University will begin construction in July of 2009 on the $31 million Centre of Photonics to support optical fibre and lasers research. Completion is expected in three years.
Construction Begins on Greater Niagara General Hospital
Niagara Health System will begin construction in spring of 2009 on the 970,000-sf Greater Niagara General Hospital in St. Catherines, ON, Canada. The project is sited on 32 acres and will include a 375-bed hospital and the Walker Family Cancer Centre. The project team includes developer Plenary Health, general contractor PCL Constructors, and Infrastructure Ontario.
Allegheny County Opens Biocontainment Laboratory
The Allegheny County Health Department will open a $5.6 million biocontainment laboratory in Lawrenceville, Pa., in February of 2009. Part of the CDC’s Laboratory Response Network, the BSL-3 facility will support testing of specimens and samples that may contain infectious diseases or potential bioterrorism agents such as anthrax. The two-story laboratory is part of the Clack Health Center.
Covance Opens Chandler Animal Facility
Covance opened its $100 million animal research facility in Chandler, Ariz., in January of 2009. The two-story, 288,000-sf facility includes five laboratories, a vivarium, animal care space, and a 100-seat auditorium. Construction began on the project in June of 2007 and reached completion in May of 2008. The facility is sited on 77 acres and houses mice, rats, dogs, and monkeys. Covance is based in Princeton, N.J.