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Reaseheath College Completes Animal Management Center
Reaseheath College completed its $3.2 million animal management center in February of 2011. The building provides animal housing, classrooms, conference rooms, and administration for educational programs in animal care and welfare. The sustainably designed building is BREEAM rated. The facility was built by Whitfield and Brown of Widnes.
Composites Horizons Expands in Covina
Composites Horizons Inc. (CHI) is expanding its manufacturing operations in Covina, Calif. CHI currently occupies two buildings at the site and will renovate a third 41,000-sf facility. The completed project will include a 2,300-sf polyimide cleanroom. Composites Horizons is part of the Aerostructures & Composites division of U.K.-based Hampson Group.
Monroe County Community College Builds Career Technology Center
Monroe County Community College will begin construction in summer of 2011 on the 71,300-sf Career Technology Center in Monroe, Mich. Designed by Hobbs + Black of Ann Arbor, Mich., the $17 million facility will house advanced classrooms and high bay laboratories for instruction in nuclear engineering, fuel cell manufacturing, welding, construction, and computer-aided drafting. Completion is expected in September of 2012.
NIST Initiates Research Facility Grant Competition
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched a new competition for grants in January of 2011 to support the construction of new or expanded scientific research facilities at institutions of higher education and nonprofit scientific research organizations. Through the NIST Construction Grant Program (NCGP), the agency expects $20 million to be available for grants ranging from $5 to $10 million over a period of no more than five years.
UCSF Medical Center Builds Mission Bay Hospital
The University of California San Francisco Medical Center initiated construction on an 878,000-sf hospital complex in January of 2011. Located in the Mission Bay development, the project will be built to attain LEED Gold sustainable design certification and will feature advanced building systems and technologies. The first phase of construction comprises a 289-bed hospital housing women’s services, pediatric care, and cancer diagnosis and treatment.