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AxisPointe Launches Facility Asset Lifecycle Management System
AxisPointe launched AxisFM™, a facility asset lifecycle management system, in May of 2008. AxisFM is an expanded and enhanced version of Asset Evolution, the product of a company acquired by AxisPointe in January of 2008. AxisFM has fused and simplified the core facility asset management applications (space management, work management, and capital asset management) into a single seamless, interoperable system.
Texas Woman's University Plans Science Building Renovation
Texas Woman’s University will initiate construction in fall of 2008 on a $26 million renovation of the University’s Denton science facility. The project includes the creation of offices and classrooms in the existing building, which will be joined by a three-story connector to a new laboratory wing. The facility will be built to meet sustainable design criteria without seeking LEED certification.
University of Waterloo Breaks Ground on Quantum-Nano Centre
The University of Waterloo broke ground on the $160 million Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC) in June of 2008. Uniting research and engineering in quantum information technology and nanotechnology, the five-story facility will house the Institute for Quantum Computing, the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, and undergraduate nanotechnology engineering instruction. The 280,000-sf interdisciplinary facility will include faculty offices, two atria, teaching and research labs, seminar rooms, a 10,000-sf fabrication cleanroom, and a metrology suite.
District of Columbia Opens BSL-3 Lab
The District of Columbia opened the $8 million DOH Public Health Lab Annex in Washington’s DC Village in early June of 2008. The BSL-3 facility will provide testing and identification capabilities for infectious diseases and potential bioterror threats. The 5,200-sf laboratory was funded in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and will begin testing operations in late summer of 2008.
Marian Medical Center Breaks Ground Hospital Facility
Marian Medical Center broke ground on a $210 million hospital building on its medical campus in Santa Maria, Calif., in June of 2008. The technology-rich 216,000-sf facility will house 188 beds in private rooms, a neonatal intensive care unit, and a healing garden. The project is part of a three-year expansion and renovation of Marian Medical Center.