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UTSA Opens Biosafety Laboratory
The University of Texas at San Antonio opened the 10.6-million Margaret Batts Tobin Laboratory Building in November of 2005. Designed by FKP Architects, the 22,000-sf BSL-3 facility will support infectious disease research with six biology research labs, a computer media center, and a conference room. The contractor for the project was Vaughn Construction.
Pfizer Expands Chesterfield R&D Campus
New York-based Pfizer began construction in November 2005 on a 330,000-sf expansion of its 900,000-sf Chesterfield, Mo., campus. Slated to open in 2008, the $200-million research and development facility will accommodate approximately 250 employees relocated from other sites engaged in drug research. The four-story building is slated for completion in late 2008 and is being constructed by a joint venture of Gilbane Building Co. and Tarlton Corp.
UC Riverside Constructs Genomics Building
The University of California at Riverside is planning to construct the 110,000-sf New Genomics Building. Slated for completion by spring of 2008, the facility will provide the University's Genomics Institute with state-of-the-art research laboratories for faculty, researchers, and support staff. The design architect for the project is Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott (SBRA) working in association with RBB Architects of Los Angeles.
St. Jude Research Hospital Constructs Memphis Research Tower
St. Jude Research Hospital is expanding its Memphis campus with the construction of the $114-million Integrated Patient Care and Research Building (IPCRB). Slated for completion in early 2007, the six-story, 300,000-sf building will house inpatient space, research laboratories, diagnostic imaging, and radiation oncology treatment facilities. The second floor will be dedicated to inpatient care with research and office space on the remaining floors.
Stanford Initiates Linear Accelerator Center Construction
Stanford University will initiate $75 million in construction work to accommodate a new laser that will be housed at the Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, Calif. The project team of the San Jose office of Turner Construction and engineers Hatch Mott MacDonald are expected to begin work in early 2006. The laser is slated for operational completion in early spring 2009. The cost of new equipment and modifications to existing equipment needed to build the laser itself is over $300 million.