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Covance Relocates To Manassas
Covance Inc., a drug development services company, has selected a 300,000-sf facility in the Innovation Technology Park in Manassas, Va. as the site for its new pharmaceutical research and development laboratory. The Prince William county facility was originally constructed as an insulin manufacturing plant for Eli Lilly. Covance will expand the facility to a total of 410,000-sf at a cost of $175 million. Construction is slated for completion by January of 2011 with occupancy expected by the end of that year. Covance is headquartered in Princeton, N.J.
Ohio University Plans Animal Research Facility
Ohio University is planning to construct a $450,000 animal research facility south of its Athens campus in Hebbardsville. The facility will accommodate large animals including cattle and goats for anatomy and physiology studies. Designed to promote faculty recruitment, the facility will enable research on locomotion, feeding, and craniofacial morphology.
CES Group Develops Humidity Solution
Available from CES Group is a cost- and space- effective solution to the challenging problem of steam absorption. Following extensive research and development, CES Group has developed a nozzle-free, multiple-tube steam dispersion humidification system. The system has proven far more effective than using single duct tube or conventional steam pipe injection systems. The frame-like humidification system comprises a bank of multiple, evenly spaced tubes that provide instantaneous, evenly distributed steam.
Colorado State University Breaks Ground on Veterinary Science Facility
Colorado State University broke ground in December of 2007 on a $42 million veterinary science facility in Fort Collins. The 90,000-sf diagnostic medicine center will house specialty laboratories for zoonotic disease research. The facility is one of seven in the nation selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
Charles R. Drew University Constructs Nursing School and Research Clinic
Charles R. Drew University has selected Irvine-based gkkworks as the general contractor for a $30 million medical education and research facility in South Los Angeles. The two-story, 65,000-sf structure will house a nursing school, a research clinic, and life science laboratories.