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CDC Plans Chamblee Expansion
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to construct two new office buildings in Chamblee, Ga. The $300 million project will create two research support facilities. A 294,800-gsf building and a 285,500-gsf building with accompanying parking decks will enable the CDC to foster interaction and collaboration by consolidating 2,000 researchers currently dispersed in leased locations.
Saint-Gobain Opens Northborough R&D Facility
Saint-Gobain opened its expanded R&D center in Northborough, Mass., on July 31, 2009. The $15 million project added 61,000-sf of laboratory, office, and conference space to Saint-Gobain’s largest international research center. Construction began on the expansion in July of 2008. The project team included architect Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott of Boston with A.J. Martini of Winchester as construction manager. Saint-Gobain is a manufacturer of building materials, plastics, ceramics, and abrasives.
Solix Biofuels Opens Production Lab
Solix Biofuels opened the Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility in Durango, Colo., in July of 2009. Sited on 10 acres, the facility includes a laboratory and commercial-scale photo-bioreactors to produce 3,000 gallons of algae-based biofuel per acre at full capacity. The project features systems that automatically adjust to sunlight and temperature variations to maximize growth and production. Solix Biofuels is based in Fort Collins, Colo.
University of Arkansas Expands Fort Smith Facilities
The University of Arkansas is engaged in multiple construction projects on its Fort Smith campus. An expansion and renovation of the Boreham Library, designed by MAHG Architects, is in the preliminary stages and a $400,000 renovation of the Math-Science building is ongoing. Construction began in July of 2009 on a 130,000-sf student housing complex. The four-story, two-building project will include a dining hall and is slated for completion by fall of 2010.
Monsanto Constructs Winnipeg Breeding Center
Monsanto began construction in August of 2009 on a $12 million breeding center adjacent to its existing Canadian headquarters in Winnipeg. Located in the SmartPark Research and Technology Park on the University of Manitoba campus, the 29,000-sf facility will house laboratories, offices, greenhouses, growth chambers, and tissue culture facilities for the development of canola hybrids. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. Occupancy is expected by December of 2010.