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University of Kansas Tops Off Biomedical Research Center
The University of Kansas celebrated the topping off of the new 205,000-sf Biomedical Research Center in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 28, 2005. The $57.2-million, five story project will house facilities for studying proteins, fertility and reproductive studies, strokes and the aging process, and a liver center. The project team consists of Cannon Design, Turner Construction, and GLPM. The finished facility will have 211,500 sf of floor area.
West Virginia University Expands Ruby Memorial Campus
West Virginia University is expanding its Ruby Memorial Hospital and Health Sciences Campus in Morgantown with the construction of a new North/Northwest Tower. The eight-story addition will include 81 beds, six operating rooms, a new ICU and pediatric ICU, conference rooms, a pharmacy and lab, and sleeping rooms for on-call physicians. The North/Northwest Tower is slated for occupancy in October 2005.
Corixa Corp. Completes Seattle Headquarters
Corixa Corp., a developer of immunotherapeutics, has completed its new 130,000-sf headquarters in Seattle, Wa. Designed by Seattle-based MBT Architects, the five-story facility includes a lobby and reception area with a fireplace, two decks, dining, seminar room, and workout room. Designed to foster communication and interaction, the headquarters features warm wood and color tones which carry into the flexible, open laboratories. On each floor, two large labs are connected to each other with adjoining support spaces.
Unilin Completes First Phase of Thomasville Manufacturing Plant
Unilin Flooring is near to completing the first phase of its planned 1.1 million-sf manufacturing plant in Thomasville, N.C. Phase one, a 600,000-sf project including facilities for the press, cutting and milling, impregnation, and packaging will become operational in July 2005. Construction on a 14-dock distribution center will reach completion in August 2005.
New Mexico Tech Opens METTOP Facility
The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has opened an electronics testing facility in Socorro, N.M. The MicroElectronics Testing, Technology & Obsolescence Program (METTOP) has now completed and occupied its 6,500-sf laboratory. Funded by $8.5 million in federal appropriations, the laboratory provides space for determining how much radiation the electronics used in military and space applications can withstand. The program also involves testing and consultation for electronic component obsolescence.