Industry News

Florida A&M University (FAMU) broke ground on its $1.2 million Animal Healthcare Facility in Quincy in May of 2008. Housing research facilities, a clinical lab, veterinary training facilities, and a technology center, the building will open in April of 2009.

Virtua Health broke ground on a $31 million health and wellness facility in Washington Township, N.J., in late May of 2008. The 225,000-sf building will include physical and occupational therapy, a med spa and salon, a fitness center, a high risk pregnancy center, and childcare facilities. The building is part of a new hospital complex slated to open in summer of 2009. The project is designed to provide a single destination for patient healthcare needs.

USG has announced that the recycled content of its LEVELROCK™ brand SRB™ sound reduction board and LEVELROCK SRM-25™ sound reduction mat can help architects and designers qualify for LEED® credits from the U.S. Green Building Council. SRB sound board has a recycled content of 49.7 percent, of which 17.0 percent is post- consumer material. SRM-25 sound mat is manufactured with a typical recycled content of 15.0 percent, 100 percent of which is pre-consumer/post-industrial material.

The National Interagency Biodefense Campus (NIBC) has completed construction of a $100 million central utility plant at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. The project provides continuous steam, chilled water, electricity, and standby emergency power for NIBC's biocontainment laboratories. The plant is operated by Chevron Energy Solutions who also designed and built the facility.

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital completed the 8,700-sf Maternal-Fetal Medicine Diagnostic Treatment and Research Center (MFM) in Loma Linda, Calif., in May of 2008. Designed by gkkworks and built by Turner Construction, the project involved extensive renovations to the 11-story hospital’s third floor to create a comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, and management center for high risk pregnancies.