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Bucks Community College Opens Science Center
Bucks County Community College opened its $17 million Science Center in January of 2017 in Newtown Township, Pa. Designed by KCBA Architects to support STEM programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the 43,000-sf facility provides four student collaboration spaces and ten laboratories, including a biotechnology suite with adjoining rooms for instrumentation and tissue culture. The two-story center utilizes glass walls to enhance visibility and features a geothermal heating and cooling system.
Mount Wachusett Community College Opens Asquino Science Center
Mount Wachusett Community College opened the $41 million Daniel M. Asquino Science Center in December of 2016 in Gardner, Mass. Supporting STEM programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the project included construction of a 44,000-gsf addition providing classrooms, faculty offices, study spaces, and teaching labs for biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, earth science, and anatomy and physiology. The existing Arthur F. Haley Academic Center was also renovated and an adjacent 2,300-sf greenhouse was built.
University of Tennessee Completes Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety Center
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center completed construction in January of 2017 on the $36.7 million Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety Center in Memphis. Designed by BRG3S and built by Flintco, the 45,000-sf facility will enable students from UTHSC’s six colleges to engage in team-based training programs in a simulated acute-care hospital with inpatient rooms, surgical suites, and labor and delivery rooms.
Datwyler Sealing Solutions Breaks Ground on Manufacturing Facility
Datwyler Sealing Solutions, a pharmaceutical packaging firm based in Switzerland, will break ground in early 2017 on a $102 million manufacturing facility in Middletown, Del. Built to meet the company’s FirstLine standards, the project will feature ultramodern cleanrooms with automated production and camera inspection technologies. The facility is expected to become operational in mid-2018.
Skidmore College Plans Center for Integrated Sciences
Skidmore College is planning to build the $100 million Center for Integrated Sciences in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Designed by Payette, the 200,000-sf project will support programs in biology, chemistry, physics, neuroscience, psychology, geoscience, environmental science, mathematics, computer science, and health and exercise science.