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Utah State University Constructs Engineering Building
Utah State University is constructing the $13-million David G. Sant Engineering Innovation Building on its Logan campus. The three-story, 34,000-sf facility is 135 feet long by 84 feet wide and will house laboratories of various sizes with modular, flexible bays.
Pfizer's Clinical Research Unit Achieves LEED(TM) Certification
Completed in April 2005, Pfizer's 62,000-sf Clinical Research Unit (CRU) in New Haven, Conn., features state-of-the-art, flexible lab and research space for clinical trials of drug certification products and accommodates 50 volunteers and 50 staff. Designed by the architectural firm The S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury, Conn., and built by Whiting Turner of New Haven, the CRU has been awarded Silver LEED™ certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the first such designation for a building in Connecticut.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Plans Research Tower
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) celebrated the groundbreaking on June 2, 2006 of a $400-million research tower in West Philadelphia. Sited on the former Philadelphia Civic Center site, the 558,000-sf, eight-story facility will accommodate translational research and is slated for completion in spring of 2009. The project is the first phase of the larger plan for the $845-million Children's Hospital's South Campus Research Facility which will spread over nearly eight acres across from CHOP's existing facilities.
Fluor Dedicates New Irving Headquarters
Fluor Corporation dedicated its new global headquarters in Irving, Texas, on June 5, 2006. Housing approximately 180 employees, the 140,000-sf, three-story, dual-wing facility was constructed on a 26-acre property located in the Las Colinas business district. Featuring a commercial kitchen and dining area, employee fitness center, 100-seat auditorium, meeting rooms, a three-story glass-enclosed atrium, and a two-story parking facility, the building was designed and built to meet LEED™ sustainability criteria.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Breaks Ground on Translational Research Building
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia broke ground in early summer of 2006 on a $400-million translational research building on the former Philadelphia Civic Center site. The eight-story, 558,000-sf facility will house four new laboratory floors, administration and conference space, two-story lobby, and a cafeteria.