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Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute Moves to West Virginia University
The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute will officially open its new $32 million Alzheimer’s research facility on West Virginia University's Morgantown health sciences campus on September 19, 2008. Housing 20 researchers, the 78,000-sf facility includes 20,000-sf of lab and office space, open labs with ten feet of bench space per researcher, microscopy and electrophysiology labs, a darkroom, and a commons area. The three-story facility will be able to accommodate up to 100 researchers.
Colorcon Constructs Lower Salford Headquarters
Colorcon, a maker of medicine and candy coatings, is initiating construction in spring of 2008 on an 89,000-sf global headquarters in Lower Salford Township, Pa. Designed by Wuff Architects, the facility will house R&D labs, a data center, and administration. Sited on 25 acres, the two-story facility will be partially built into the side of a hill. Completion is slated for September of 2009. Colorcon is owned by Berwind Corp. of Philadelphia.
Drexel University Plans $400 Million in Construction
Drexel University is initiating $400 million in capital projects on its University City campus in Philadelphia. Comprised of 11 projects slated for completion by 2013, the campus master plan was designed by Sasaki Associates. Facilities include the Integrated Sciences Building, featuring a 40-foot biofilter wall using living plants as an air filter for dust particles, and a $42 million expansion of the recreation center. Additionally, ground will be broken for a new dormitory in April of 2008 with occupancy expected in fall of 2009.
Newcastle University Plans Campus Construction
Newcastle University is planning £200 million in construction over the next three years in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Construction will begin in April of 2008 on a £35 million, five-story Student and Administrative Services building. Other projects include a £34 million international student housing and academic building, a £29.8 million facility to house the Institute of Health and Society and a Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, a £4.8 million dormitory, and new home for the International Centre for Music Studies and the Great North Museum project.
Isogen Constructs Modular Cleanroom
Isogen has selected AES Clean Technology to design and construct a modular cleanroom facility for clinical pharmaceutical manufacturing in New Castle County, Delaware. The sterile contract filling facility will support multiple products from development through clinical, launch, and commercial production. The project will include isolators within a gas-sterilizable modular cleanroom, optimizing containment to prevent cross-contamination of compounds in a multi-product environment.