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Industry News
ANGSTREM-T Constructs Semiconductor Manufacturing Plant
Russian semiconductor manufacturer ANGSTREM-T has selected M + W Zander as project engineer to construct a 200mm wafer production plant at its Zelenograd campus. The 6,000-sm cleanroom facility is slated for completion in late 2009. M +W Zander is based in Germany.
Group Health Opens Bellevue Medical Center
Group Health opened the 190,000-sf Bellevue Medical Center on July 1, 2008. Located in Bellevue, Wash., the four-story outpatient facility was designed by Ellerbe Becket of Minneapolis and includes 136 patient care rooms and seven operating rooms with ceiling booms for equipment. Bellevue Medical Center will partner with the adjacent Overlake Hospital where inpatient care will be provided to patients who require an overnight stay.
UCLA Opens Ronald Reagan Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center opened its 1,050,000-sf replacement hospital in Los Angeles on June 29, 2008. Constructed to rigorous seismic standards, the 10-story academic medical center was designed by Pei Partnership Architects with Perkins+Will as executive architect. Consultants include RBB Architects, Zakian Woo Architects, and Pickett Designs.
Nemours Plans Orlando Pediatric Hospital
Nemours has selected Skanska USA Building as construction manager for a $400 million pediatric hospital in the Lake Nona area of Orlando, Fla. Sited on 60 acres near University of Central Florida's College of Medicine and the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the 600,000-sf project will break ground in 2009 and reach completion in 2012.
University of Melbourne Plans Supercomputer Facility
The University of Melbourne is planning to construct the $100 million Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative Centre in the University’s Parkville Precinct in Melbourne, Australia. The facility will support high performance computing for life sciences research on diseases including cancer, influenza, and brain disorders by using large databases of genetic information. The facility will partner on research initiatives with the San Diego Supercomputer Center of the University of California, San Diego.