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University of West Indies Expands Medical School
The University of the West Indies is planning to build a $3 billion complex for its Faculty of Medical Sciences in Mona, Jamaica. Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2009. The facility will house five large lecture halls, teaching and research laboratories, computer labs, and a library for the departments of anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, and physiology.
BorgWarner Constructs Shanghai R&D Center
U.S.-based auto parts manufacturer BorgWarner began construction on a $120 million R&D center in Shanghai in October of 2008. The 43,000-sm China Technology Center (CTC) is located in the Shanghai Zizhu Science-based Industrial Park and is slated for completion by year-end 2009.
University of Texas at Dallas Breaks Ground on MSET
The University of Texas at Dallas broke ground in October of 2008 on the $29 million Math, Science, and Engineering Teaching-Learning Center (MSET). Slated for completion in 2010, the undergraduate instructional facility will house lecture halls, classrooms, and teaching laboratories for chemistry, physics, biology, and geosciences. The 76,000-gsf facility (45,000-asf) was designed by Kell Muñoz Architects.
MIT Constructs Media Lab Expansion
MIT is building a 160,000-sf expansion of its Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. The new extension is known as Building E14 and is slated to open in October of 2009. Designed by Maki and Associates of Tokyo, the six-story facility will house seven research laboratories, administrative offices, conference rooms, a 100-seat theater, and a two-level atrium.
HCA Builds Medical Center of Trinity
HCA Inc. is building the $195 million Medical Center of Trinity in Trinity, Fla. The project includes a five-story, 400,000-sf hospital tower and an attached three-story, 90,000-sf medical office building. Housing 236 beds, the project broke ground in May of 2006 and is slated for completion in late 2009. The medical center will provide a 24-hour emergency department, outpatient care, diagnostic imaging and radiology, critical care, inpatient and outpatient surgery, cardiovascular care, and women’s services.