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High Point University Builds Pharmacy and Health Sciences Facility
High Point University is building a new 65,000-sf facility to house the School of Health Sciences and the School of Pharmacy. Supporting a variety of pedagogical styles, the $88 million facility will provide biomedical research labs, simulation suites, a cadaver lab, and standardized client space for interprofessional education. The laboratory programming and design consultant for the project is Research Facilities Design (RFD) and the general contractor is Frank L. Blum Construction.
University of Connecticut Breaks Ground on Engineering and Science Building
The University of Connecticut broke ground in September of 2015 on the $95 million Engineering and Science Building in Storrs. Supporting research in the emerging fields of bioengineering, nanomaterials, and virtual reality, the five-story, 118,000-sf facility will provide interdisciplinary laboratories, instructional spaces, and faculty offices. Open-plan labs will be located on three stories of the building, with the Institute for Systems Genomics and the Center for Genome Innovation occupying the remaining two floors. Completion is slated for summer of 2017.
Oxford Pharmaceuticals Plans Manufacturing Plant
Oxford Pharmaceuticals broke ground in September of 2015 on a $29.4 million manufacturing plant in Birmingham, Ala. Designed by NOLA Van Peursem Architects, the 120,000-sf facility is located in the Jefferson Metropolitan Park at Lakeshore and will support generic drug research, production, and packaging. The general contractor for the project is Robins & Morton. The facility is expected to become operational in the third quarter of 2016. Oxford Pharmaceuticals is based in the United Kingdom.
University of North Dakota Constructs Collaborative Energy Center
The University of North Dakota is building the $15.5 million Collaborative Energy Center in Grand Forks. Ground was broken in July of 2015 on the 37,000-sf facility, which will serve as a headquarters for all energy-related programs within the College of Engineering & Mines, including the Institute for Energy Studies. Providing advanced laboratories and multipurpose teaching venues, the project will support interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation among students, faculty, and industry partners.
Alcoa Expands New Kensington R&D Campus
Lightweight metals manufacturer Alcoa is investing $60 million to expand its research and development campus. Located near Pittsburgh at the Alcoa Technical Center in New Kensington, Pa., the project includes construction of a state-of-the-art additive manufacturing center. Supporting the implementation of Alcoa’s Ampliforge™ process, a technique combining additive and traditional manufacturing to enhance the properties of materials, the center will accommodate the production of proprietary metal powders engineered specifically for 3D printing.