Industry News

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published “Advancing the Nation’s Health: A Guide for Public Health Research Needs, 2006-2015.” Identifying research needs that need to be addressed during the next ten years, the guide is available at http://www.cdc.gov/OD/science/PHResearch/cdcra/.

Linc Facility Services, a leader in technology and high-value facility management and operational support services, announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract to provide comprehensive facility management services to The Colburn School, a prestigious performing arts institute located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

The University of Delaware has been allocated $100,000 in federal funding to upgrade its biocontainment facilities and diagnostic avian flu laboratories. The grant is part of $450,000 that the State of Delaware will receive for avian flu preparedness and irrigation system upgrades.

The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has achieved a LEED Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council for the Biodesign Institute Building B, which opened in 2006. Building A, which opened in 2004, received Gold level certification. The two buildings were constructed separately, but are connected on all levels by glass walkways. The Biodesign Institute facilities were designed by the architectural team of Gould Evans and Lord, Aeck & Sargent.

Pennsylvania State University will break ground in early spring of 2008 on a 314,000-gsf materials and life sciences facility in University Park. Slated for completion in spring of 2011, the interdisciplinary center will be the largest in the University’s history and will house laboratories, cleanrooms, and core facilities including a TEM suite. Designed by Rafael Viñoly, the $190 million project will be constructed with one floor as shell space.