Industry News

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, working with project manager and builder McCarthy, has completed its new $55-million Life Science and High Technology Center. The biotech project included construction of a 145,000-sf lab building to house 220 life scientists. With three stories above grade and one below, the building also features a three-story atrium, and an attached 12,000-sf learning center. Architects for the project were Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) and Lockwood Greene, both of St. Louis.

Cornell University has selected McCarthy to provide construction management and general contracting services on Duffield Hall, a nanotechnology research and teaching facility now under construction. The $42-million project, a joint venture with Welliver McGuire of Elmira, N.Y., will provide state-of-the-art accommodations for the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility--the oldest federally supported nanotechnology center.

Children’s Hospital of San Diego is installing a 3.4-megawatt co-generation system that will supply approximately 98% of the 200-bed hospital’s power. The system, funded in part by a $2-million loan from the California Energy Commission, will be fueled by natural gas. The generation process will produce 99% of the heat needed for space heating, sterilization, and hot water.

Harvard Medical School is developing a $250-million research facility in Boston for the medical school and collaborative tenants. Built by William A. Berry & Sons, the 430,000-sf facility includes a 196,000-sf parking garage. The project is 35% complete.

Philadelphia-based Comcast Cable will invest $21.5 million in a new technology support center on George Mason University’s Prince William campus at the Innovation @Prince William business park.