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Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Opens Perinatal 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.
University of Minnesota Develops Research Facilities
The University of Minnesota is developing a $292 million biomedical research park in Minneapolis. The project includes the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, slated for completion in summer of 2010; the Cancer Biomedical Research and the Lillehei Biomedical Research buildings, to be completed in 2012; and the Infectious Disease and Neuroscience Biomedical Research Building, slated for completion in 2013.
Boston Medical Center Constructs Ambulatory Care Center
Boston Medical Center is planning to build a $189 million ambulatory care facility. Developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the nine-story, 245,000-sf project will be constructed in Boston’s South End upon demolition of the existing facility.
Kumho Constructs South Korea R&D Center
Kumho Tires broke ground on a 34,843-sm research and development center in Young-In, South Korea, in May of 2008. The $68 million facility will serve as the company’s global R&D hub and will house chemistry labs and advanced product testing technologies. Slated for completion by year-end 2009, the sustainably designed facility will be certified as a “green” building by Korea's Housing & Urban Research Institute.
University of Virginia Dedicates McIntire School of Commerce
The University of Virginia dedicated the McIntire School of Commerce in Charlottesville in May of 2008. Construction manager Gilbane Building Company partnered with architect Hartman-Cox on the 138,000-sf construction/renovation project which included a 114,000-sf addition to Rouss Hall named Robertson Hall. Rouss was also renovated and consolidated with the new addition to form a single building to accommodate the McIntire School of Commerce.