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Nordex Builds Jonesboro Manufacturing Plant
German wind turbine maker Nordex will build a $100 million manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Ark. Sited on 187 acres in the Craighead Technology Park, the facility will support 700 employees and will manufacture all wind turbine components except the tower. The project will be supported by training programs at Arkansas State University. The plant will be operational by January of 2010, with a second construction phase reaching completion in 2012.
AREVA Partners with Northrop Grumman on Nuclear Manufacturing Plant
AREVA is partnering with Northrop Grumman to build a $360 million nuclear reactor component manufacturing plant in Newport News, Va. The 300,000-sf Project Larkspur will be located on the campus of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding with access to the James River for transportation of the steam generators, reactor vessels, and pressurizers the plant will produce. The manufacturing and engineering facility will support 540 employees. AREVA is headquartered in Paris, France.
DNAVision Expands Laboratory Facilities in Belgium
DNAVision, an applied genetics and genomics services company, completed an expansion of its campus in Charleroi-Gosselies, Belgium, in January of 2009. Doubling laboratory and office space, the project added five new lab areas for cell culture and nucleic acid extraction. Supporting the company’s RNA- and DNA-based analytical techniques, the expansion will enable DNAVision to provide GMP certified assays. Additionally, subsidiary DNAVision AgriFood will relocate to a new facility in early 2009.
Vernon Jubilee Hospital Constructs Patient Care Tower
Vernon Jubilee Hospital will begin building a $178 million patient care tower in February of 2009. The seven-story, 181,500-sf project is slated for completion in May of 2011. The facility will provide inpatient beds, surgical suites, ICU, and a birthing center. A 135,000-sf diagnostic and treatment building will also be built at the site.
Loma Linda University Opens Heart & Surgical Hospital
Loma Linda University opened the $110 million Heart & Surgical Hospital in Redlands, Calif., in January of 2009. The two-story, 66,000-sf facility houses 20 private beds for a total of 28 beds. Integrating the specialties of vascular medicine, cardiology, and radiology, the Heart & Surgical Hospital features six operating rooms, two catheterization labs, two procedure rooms, and advanced surgical robots. Sustainable design features of the facility include use of natural light, LED light fixtures, and reduced water consumption.