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Marshall Medical Center Plans Placerville Expansion
Marshall Medical Center is planning an $100 million expansion of its hospital in Placerville, Calif. Designed by Anova Architects, the three-story, 88,000-sf acute care wing will include a 12-bed intensive care unit, a 17-bed birthing center, an expanded 32-bed emergency room, and approximately 35 acute care beds. Site work will begin by year-end 2008 with occupancy slated for January of 2011.
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Expands in Valencia
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital began design work in December of 2008 on a $300 million expansion of its healthcare campus in Valencia, Calif. The project includes three medical buildings, a new patient wing, a helipad, and parking. Adding up to 120 beds, the expansion will provide additional space for surgery, maternity care, and clinical services. The medical buildings will house outpatient care, diagnosis services, imaging, and administration. Construction will begin on the first medical building in 2009. The patient wing will break ground within four years.
NREL Completes Renewable Fuels Heating Plant
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory opened the $3.3 million Renewable Fuels Heating Plant in November of 2008. Located at the South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colo., the project will heat laboratory buildings by smoke-free burning of woody biomass. The Renewable Fuels Heating Plant will offset the emission of 4.8 million pounds of carbon dioxide and the use of 50,000 million BTUs of natural gas annually.
Allentown Integration Provides Complete Animal Services Solution
Animal housing manufacturer Allentown Inc. formed Allentown Integration (AI) in November of 2008. Comprised of strategic partnerships with solution providers including LYNX Product Group and Belimed, AI offers a complete package of automation, animal housing, cagewash and equipment maintenance products, and bedding dispensing and removal systems. Providing an integrated solution for animal research facilities, AI installs turnkey animal housing and equipment packages for biomedical research.
UC San Diego's Scripps Institute of Oceanography Plans Marine Sensing Lab
UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will begin construction in summer of 2010 on the $26.5 million Marine Ecosystem Sensing, Observation and Modeling (MESOM) Laboratory. Located in La Jolla, Calif., the planned three-story, 18,000-asf facility will house laboratories, offices, and conference rooms for multidisciplinary research on physical, biological, and chemical sensors for ocean ecology research. Completion is expected in 2012. A minimum of LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.