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UT Knoxville Develops Cherokee Farm Research Campus
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create the Cherokee Farm research campus in Knoxville. The project will include preservation of prehistoric remains and the relocation of an existing dairy farm to create a LEED-certified R&D incubator for commercialization of scientific discoveries. Research areas will include leadership and network computing; neutron science; nanotechnology and materials science; energy, climate, and environmental science; and biomedical science.
Siemens Builds Elgin Plant
Siemens Energy & Automation will construct a second manufacturing plant in Elgin, Ill., to support its drives technologies product line. The $20 million production, assembly, and testing facility will support an additional 350 employees and is slated for completion in March of 2009.
Youngstown State University Builds Williamson College of Business
Youngstown State University began site work in summer of 2008 for the 106,000-sf Williamson College of Business Administration in Youngstown, Ohio. A ceremonial groundbreaking for the $34.3 million facility will be held in fall of 2008 with construction beginning in 2009. Completion is slated for fall of 2010. Housing instructional and administrative space, the building will double the footprint of the university’s existing business school. LEED certification for sustainable design will be sought for the project.
Purdue University Plans Herrick Laboratories Expansion
Purdue University will break ground in fall of 2008 on an $11 million expansion of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories in West Lafayette, Ind. The new facility will double the lab’s existing footprint of 27,500-sf to provide a total of 52,000-sf. The first phase of the project will be comprised of 16,000-sf for the Perception-Based Engineering Laboratory and the Cummins Engine Laboratory. Housing offices and experimental facilities for over 100 faculty, graduate students, and staff, the project will feature noise and vibration mitigation technologies.
Highland Hospital Plans Acute Care Tower
Highland Hospital will initiate construction in early 2009 on a $682 million acute care tower in Oakland, Calif. Replacing Highland’s existing inpatient facility, the 230,000-sf project will create a nine-story, seismically sound replacement tower with 160 beds.