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Monsanto Completes Creve Coeur Data Center
Monsanto Company completed construction of its $21 million, 40,000-sf data center in Creve Coeur, Mo. in September of 2007. The 40,000-sf facility, supporting the company’s global data and computation needs, began construction in early 2006. It is capable of withstanding up to 200 mile-per-hour winds and earthquakes up to 5.0 on the Richter scale. Monsanto expects to receive LEED certification for the facility, making it the first LEED certified data center in the state.
University of Kentucky Constructs College of Pharmacy
The University of Kentucky began construction in fall of 2007 on the 286,200-sf College of Pharmacy facility in Lexington. The largest college of pharmacy yet constructed, the building will accommodate 47,700-sf on each of its six floors when it opens in 2010. The project is part of the University of Kentucky’s $2.5 billion plan to replace its existing hospital with a new medical campus for education and research.
University of Saskatchewan Constructs Academic Health Sciences Centre
The University of Saskatchewan broke ground in early fall of 2007 on the $250 million Academic Health Sciences Centre in Saskatoon. The facility will accommodate multi-disciplinary education supporting a patient-centered health model and fostering the integration of research with health services. The project will foster academic, clinical, and scientific collaborations in medicine, veterinary medicine, kinesiology, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, nutrition, physical therapy, and public health.
Emory Opens School of Medicine Building
Emory University School of Medicine opened the Emory School of Medicine Building in Atlanta in early fall of 2007. The $58.3 million, 162,000-sf medical education facility will allow for a 15 percent increase in class size and will enable Emory to fulfill the teaching needs of its new interdisciplinary curriculum with a focus on integration of clinical sciences and patient interaction. The project is comprised of three buildings, a central building newly constructed and two completely renovated facilities.
Johnson Controls to Supply Chillers to Qatar's Pearl Island
Qatar Cool, the district cooling authority for the Pearl Island of Qatar in the Arabian Gulf, has contracted Johnson Controls to provide 46 water-cooled chiller units with an option to purchase six additional units. The order is the largest in Johnson Control’s history. The YORK centrifugal chillers, each weighing 2,500 tons, will supply 130,000 tons of chilled water daily to cool over 15,000 residential and commercial units on the 985-acre manmade island.