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QualTex Laboratories Opens Norcross Testing Lab
QualTex Laboratories opened a $5.8 million blood and plasma products testing lab in late 2010 in Norcross, Georgia. The Atlanta design/build team of Lord, Aeck & Sargent and DPR Construction completed the project in 13 months. The single-story, 57,000-sf facility includes 15,500 sf of laboratory space for sample processing, testing, quality assurance, and cold storage. Designed to optimize workflow efficiency and flexibility, the project features mobile casework and overhead service panels.
Georgetown University Opens School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Georgetown University opened the $164.7 million School of Foreign Service in Qatar’s Education City in February of 2011. Designed by Legorreta+Legorreta, the 360,000-sf instructional facility includes a three-story atrium, a 350-seat auditorium, a library with 60,000 volumes, and 14 classrooms and lecture halls. Sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. The duration of construction was 25 months.
EMD Serono Opens Billerica Research Facility
EMD Serono opened a $75 million pharmaceutical research and production facility in February of 2011. Located in Billerica, Mass., the 140,000-sf facility includes laboratories for chemistry, screening, biology, and cell culture. Construction began on the project in fall of 2008. The project represents an expansion of the company’s existing campus and includes offices, conference rooms, and an auditorium. Housing 200 researchers, the facility was designed by Ellenzweig with Jones Lang LaSalle as construction manager.
GlaxoSmithKline Plans Philadelphia Facility
GlaxoSmithKline will build a 205,000-sf facility in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The four-story building will be developed by Liberty Property Trust and Synterra Partners and is expected to achieve LEED Platinum sustainable design certification. Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) is providing design services for the $81 million project. Site work will begin in March of 2011 with construction commencing in summer of 2011. Completion is expected by early 2013.
BIA Separations Completes Biochromatography Headquarters
BIA Separations will open its 43,000-sf biochromatography headquarters in March of 2011 in Ajdovscina, Slovenia. The manufacturing and training facility will support production of fast monolithic chromatography columns, a technology for the separation and purification of large biomolecules. The project includes a BSL-2 lab. The sustainably designed facility includes a 50kW solar power plant and geothermal heating and cooling.