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Stanford University is planning to construct the $27.5 million Satellite Research Animal Facility in Palo Alto, Calif. The single-story, prefabricated building is slated for completion in December of 2012. The facility will eventually be replaced by a permanent structure. Additionally, Stanford University is planning to build the $41.2 million, 22,100-sf Research Computing facility. Construction will begin on the two-story project in early 2012 with completion expected in 2013.

Virginia Tech will begin construction in summer of 2011 on 26,000 sf of shell space located on the third floor of the Carilion Research Institute in Roanoke. The $15 million project will create a 5,000-cage vivarium, laboratories, and research offices. Completion is expected in September of 2012.

The University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory celebrated the completion of a $28.5 million expansion and renovation project in May of 2011. The 76,000-sf building includes research and diagnosis labs, a 3,000-sf necropsy suite, and administrative offices. The biocontainment facility features alkaline digestion for tissue disposal. Ground was broken on the project in September of 2008.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture broke ground on an insect nursery in May of 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Located at the Agricultural Research Service's Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, the $16.7 million annex will be used to breed insects used as biocontrols for invasive plant species. Construction will begin in July of 2011 with completion expected in September of 2012. 

Wickham Laboratories will open a new animal research campus in Gosport in June of 2011. Formerly occupied by Wyeth, the six-building site will provide laboratories, offices, security, and warehouse space. The main three-story facility is 42,100 sf. Wickham Laboratories is a contract research organization based in Wickham, U.K.