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New Jersey Consortium Plans Stem Cell Research Facility
A consortium led by Rutgers University has received $50 million in New Jersey state funding to construct a stem cell research facility in Camden. Partnering with the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the laboratory will be the center of a statewide network of interconnected biomedical research and collection centers.
St. Elizabeths Hospital Breaks Ground on Inpatient Facility
St. Elizabeths Hospital broke ground in December 2006 on a two-story, $140-million psychiatric care facility on its Washington, D.C., campus. Accommodating 292 patients in private rooms, the 438,000-sf facility will feature a 20,000-sf "green roof" for energy savings and drainage reduction. The general contractor for the project is Tompkins Builders, a subsidiary of Turner Construction. Completion is slated for March of 2009.
Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre Breaks Ground on SIAM Project
Winnipeg Health Sciences Center celebrated the groundbreaking of the $35-million Siemens Institute for Advanced Medicine (SIAM) in December of 2006. The 80,000-sf research center features the new $100-million Ann Thomas Critical Services Building, a facility that will accommodate trauma operating rooms and leading-edge patient care when it opens in early 2007. The project will also include a $25-million hotel sited within the complex.
Loma Linda University Constructs Centennial Complex
Loma Linda University began construction in late 2006 on the new Centennial Complex in Loma Linda, Calif. The facility is the first academic facility to be built at the University in over 20 years and is being built by contractor McCarthy. The 148,861-sf project is comprised of a $65-million facility providing leading-edge classrooms, labs, exam rooms, faculty offices, and an amphitheater center with a 250-seat theater and a 350-seat theater for classes, seminars, and programs.
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Completes Diagnostic Imaging Center
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has recently completed a new diagnostic imaging center designed by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA) in Lake Success, New York. Part of the Center for Advanced Medicine, the 15,000-sf technology-rich, completely digital facility includes modalities such as MRI, CT, SPECT, PETCT, and standard radiography and ultrasound rooms.