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Medical College of Georgia Hospitals and Clinics will spend $163 million in the next three years on capital improvements. The projects include a $23 million Comprehensive Cancer Center; an $8.3 million expansion of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence including ten universal ICU beds; $20.6 million in cardiovascular services improvements; $10.3 million in imaging equipment; a $7.8 million renovation of obstetric and gynecological facilities; $6.5 million in image storage and retrieval technology; and a $3.6 million linear accelerator for radiation therapy.

Monmouth College is planning a $40 million research and teaching complex on its Monmouth, Ill., campus. The 140,000-sf facility will house the departments of science, mathematics, and business in a collaborative environment with a special focus on agriculture. The academic complex, housing laboratories and classrooms, will innovatively combine science and business studies to facilitate interdisciplinary research.

Iowa State University (ISU) began construction in late 2006 on the first phase of a $51-million renovation of its Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory and Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The project includes renovations to the existing 100,000-sf facility and a 55,000-sf addition housing an advanced imaging facility with improved biocontainment capabilities. The second project phase entails renovations of a vacant small animal facility to enable future expansion. Both phases are expected to reach completion in late 2009.

George Mason University (GMU) has opened the 98,974-sf Research I facility in Fairfax, Va. The $21.7-million facility features an astronomical observatory tower and telescope dome, faculty offices, laboratories, and research facilities for the College of Science, including the Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, the Center for Quantum Studies, and the Center for History and New Media. The project began construction in 2003 and opened for classes in fall of 2006. 

St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital will construct a replacement hospital on 50 acres in Mt. Vernon, Ill. The project is expected to cost between $180 million and $220 million. Construction could begin as early as year-end 2007 and reach completion in 2011. BSA Design of Indianapolis has been selected as the project architect. The site will also include a surgery center and a medical office building.