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Naval Surface Warfare Center Breaks Ground on Littoral Warfare Research Facility
The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded the Haskell Company a $10-million contract to design and build the Littoral Warfare Research Facility in Panama City, Fla. The three-story, 38,000-sf facility will house, labs, classrooms, and offices supporting robotic technology and research and will be used to test, demonstrate, and integrate unmanned systems operations. Ground was broken on the facility in early fall of 2004. Completion is scheduled for early 2006.
University of Texas Southwestern Renovates Moncrief Cancer Center for Technology
The University of Texas Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center in Weatherford will expand its Foster Lane facility to house a 3,500-sf oncology clinic. The expansion is part of a $1.8-million technology upgrade to accommodate a $1.15-million Varian 21EX-d linear accelerator that provides intensity modulated radiation therapy. The linear accelerator will be installed by early 2005 with construction on the clinic slated for completion in late spring 2005.
Taconic Farms Develops Breeding Facility
Taconic Farms , a supplier of research animals to laboratories, is constructing a new breeding facility on 27 acres in the Indiana Gateway Industrial Park in Cambridge City, Ind. The $18.8-million project will be built in three phases with completion expected in September 2005. Taconic Farms is headquartered in Germantown, N.Y.
BioSquare 3 Nears Completion
Boston University Medical Center, Boston University, and the city of Boston celebrated the topping off of the eight-story BioSquare 3 in Boston in September 2004. Being the third lab and research facility on the 14-acre campus, the 160,000-sf building is 60 percent pre-leased to Boston University and Boston University Medical Center. Completion is expected in fall 2005.
Carolinas HealthCare System Constructs Levine Children's Hospital
Carolinas HealthCare System broke ground in September 2004 on the $85-million Levine Children's Hospital at the Carolinas Medical Center complex in Charlotte, N.C. Additionally, Carolinas is planning a $5-million expansion of the complex that will connect the children's hopital, the ICU Tower, and the existing facility on the site. Constructed in tandem with the children's hospital, the 22,000-sf addition will expand the pharmacy and cafeteria and is slated for completion in 2007.