Industry News

DuPont will initiate construction in 2008 on a new R&D center in Hong Kong. Additionally, the company will build a manufacturing and production plant in Shenzhen, China. Both facilities will support the development and production of photovoltaic technologies including thin film solar arrays.

Community Mercy Health Partners has selected Danis Building Construction Co. and McCarthy as the construction management team for its $240 million, 505,000-sf hospital in Springfield, Ohio. Site work began in May of 2008 with completion slated for late 2010.

Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit (GOMBU) celebrated the opening of its new Northpark headquarters in Covington, La., in May of 2008. The 300,000-sf headquarters utilizes advanced technology to manage shelf operations and features a visualization center and 18 technology-enabled team rooms and asset decision environments linking offshore and onshore personnel. Northpark is the company's first LEED-certified building and the first LEED-Gold building in the state of Louisiana.

York Hospital opened its 4,500-sf medical simulation center on June 2, 2008. The $2.3 million facility will house patient simulators, a task-training room, a control room, and a debriefing room for the training of physicians and healthcare professionals. Construction began on the project in 2007. Located in York, Pa., York Hospital is community teaching hospital affiliated with WellSpan Health.

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.