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University of Strathclyde Constructs Learning & Teaching Building
The University of Strathclyde is building the £60 million Learning & Teaching Building in Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Designed by BDP to support innovative pedagogies, the flexible academic hub will provide 150-person collaborative classrooms, a learning village for individual study, student-facing support services, and space for the University of Strathclyde Students’ Association. The 215,000-sf project will incorporate two existing buildings and is slated for occupancy in fall of 2020.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Breaks Ground on Translational Research Capability Facility
Oak Ridge National Laboratory broke ground on the $95 million Translational Research Capability facility in May of 2019 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Located on a brownfield site on ORNL’s main campus, the three-story, 100,000-sf building will provide laboratory and office space to support research programs in computing, quantum information, and materials science.
Georgia Tech Research Institute Completes Cobb County Research Facility South
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) celebrated the opening of the Cobb County Research Facility South in May of 2019. Located in Smyrna on land purchased from Lockheed Martin, the 350,000-sf campus houses the Aerospace, Transportation, and Advanced Systems Laboratory (ATAS); the Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research Laboratory (CIPHER); the Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS); and the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL).
Ohio State University Breaks Ground on Wooster Science Building
Ohio State University broke ground in May of 2019 on the $33.5 million Wooster Science Building. Designed by Hasenstab Architects, the 60,000-sf facility will provide the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences with undergraduate chemistry teaching labs, multifunctional classrooms, an entomology research unit, an insect zoo, and a café. The project is located on the school's Wooster campus and will accommodate programs for the Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC).
Bayer Breaks Ground on Cell Culture Technology Center
Bayer broke ground in May of 2019 on the $150 million Cell Culture Technology Center in Berkeley, Calif. The 40,000-sf biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility will produce advanced therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases, enabling the company to expand its biologics development and launch capabilities. Fluor Corporation is providing a single point of responsibility for engineering, procurement, construction management, commissioning, qualification, validation, and integration of the project.