Industry News

Boehringer Ingelheim inaugurated the $36 million Global Centre of Excellence for Antiviral Drug Discovery in Laval, Quebec, in May of 2008. Supporting the discovery of treatments for serious infectious diseases including Hepatitis C and AIDS, the laboratory can accommodate 40 researchers. The project construction manager was Kingston Beyers of LaSalle, Quebec.

Fraser Health has selected BC Healthcare Solutions, led by French firm Bouygues Batiment International, to design, build, finance, and maintain its planned $150-million outpatient hospital in Surrey, British Columbia. Housing day surgery, diagnosis, and clinical care, the 148,000-sf facility is slated for completion by early 2011.

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.

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.