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Villanova University Constructs Law School
Villanova University is constructing a 174,000-sf law school on its campus in Villanova, Pa. Slated for completion in summer of 2009, the facility will include a law clinic, library, classrooms, meeting rooms, and a parking garage. The building will be constructed to meet LEED sustainable design specifications. Completion is expected in summer of 2009.
Roche Molecular Diagnostics Opens Sustainable Research Building
Roche Molecular Diagnostics (RMD) opened a $57.5 million research facility at its global headquarters campus in Pleasanton, Calif., on April 3, 2008. Designed by DES Architects + Engineers to meet LEED sustainable design criteria, the project will enable RMD to complete the consolidation of its West Coast operations. The 135,000-sf facility was built by DPR Construction and features molecular biology and core support laboratories.
University of Alberta Constructs Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases
The University of Alberta is constructing the $12 million Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases in its Environmental Engineering Buildings in Edmonton. The first phase of the project, which opened in December of 2007, consists of two renovated laboratories. Phase two is comprised of four additional laboratories housing researchers from the faculties of Science, Medicine & Dentistry, and Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences.
UCLA Builds Life Sciences Replacement Building
The University of California, Los Angeles is building the 175,000-gsf Life Sciences Replacement Building (LSRB). The project began in June of 2007 and is slated for completion in spring of 2010. Housing the departments of physiological science, ecology and evolutionary biology, and molecular, cellular and developmental biology, the $155 million research laboratory is comprised of two seismically separated five-story wings with a shared basement.
Rocky Mountain Laboratories Constructs BSL-4 Facility
Rocky Mountain Laboratories is constructing the $67 million Integrated Research Facility located on 33 acres in Hamilton, Mont. The project is the first National Institutes of Health laboratory to contain BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4 space in the same facility. The 6,750-sf BSL-4 suite is undergoing certification and is expected on open in fall of 2008. Occupancy of other parts of the building began in March of 2008. The two-story facility began construction in September of 2004 and is the only BSL-4 laboratory in the Western United States.