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University of Kentucky Expands Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center
The University of Kentucky broke ground on a $28.5 million expansion and renovation of the Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center in Lexington in September of 2008. The project will include the construction of a necropsy laboratory wing and an administrative wing, nearly doubling the size of the existing 38,000-sf building, which will be completely renovated. The facility will also switch to alkaline digestion for tissue disposal. Completion is expected by 2010.
Stanford Breaks Ground on Knight Management Center
The Stanford Graduate School of Business broke ground on the Knight Management Center on September 10, 2008. The 360,000-sf business school campus will include eight buildings conjoined by three quadrangles. The $350 million project is expected to reach completion in spring of 2011. Housing a 600-seat lecture hall, tiered classrooms, flexible instruction spaces, and breakout study rooms, the collaborative facility is designed to foster cross-disciplinary experience with the departments of medicine, engineering, law, education, life sciences, and humanities.
FMC Relocates to Ewing
Philadelphia-based FMC Corp. is relocating to 117,000-sf of laboratory, office, and greenhouse space in Ewing, N.J., in fall of 2009. The research and development facility, sited on 26 acres in the PrincetonSouth Corporate Center, is being developed by Opus East. The building will house 230 scientists, lab technicians, and administrative personnel. FMC Corp. manufactures industrial and agricultural chemicals.
CSU Fullerton Builds Student Housing
California State University Fullerton has awarded the Los Angeles division of PCL Constructors a $118-million design-build contract to construct a 1,080-bed student housing project. LEED Gold certification for sustainable design will be sought for the complex, which will be comprised of five five-story buildings and a dining facility.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base Initiates Historic Renovation
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected a joint venture of Dayton-based companies Butt Construction and Aztec Electric to renovate two historic facilities, buildings 12 and 17, at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The $19 million project includes the construction of an additional 100,000-sf. The expanded and renovated facilities will house the 77th Aeronautical Systems Group to be relocated from Brooks City-Base in Texas.