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University of Southern Mississippi Plans Science Building
The University of Southern Mississippi will begin construction in summer of 2011 on a $10 million science building in Long Beach. Located on the Gulf Park campus, the three-story, 36,000-sf facility will provide an 80-seat classroom, nine teaching labs, research space, and faculty offices for the College of Science and Technology. The project is being designed by Allred Architectural Group. Occupancy is expected in early 2012.
Texas Children's Hospital Nears Completion in Katy
Texas Children's Hospital's $220 million inpatient facility is slated for completion in early 2011. Located in Katy, the 294,000-sf hospital will feature a pediatric emergency room, surgical suites, a pathology lab, diagnostic imaging, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a hematology/oncology clinic, and clinical offices. The duration of construction was two years. The facility will provide 12 emergency beds and 48 acute care beds.
Genzyme Builds Manufacturing Plant in Belgium
Genzyme Corp. initiated construction in January of 2011 on a $344 million pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Geel, Belgium. The facility will provide 8,000 liters of production capacity for biologics and a complete purification installation. Completion is expected in late 2014. Genzyme is based in Cambridge, Mass.
Northeastern University Builds Homeland Security Research Center
Northeastern University is building the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security in Burlington, Mass. Funded in part by a $12 million donation, the three-story, 70,000-sf facility will house laboratories for the study of information protection, explosive detection, nanotechnology, robotics, and energy harvesting. The sustainably designed project will open in summer of 2011. The facility will house up to 100 researchers.
University at Buffalo Constructs Davis Hall
The University at Buffalo is building the 130,000-sf Barbara and Jack Davis Hall in Buffalo, N.Y. Housing the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the $75 million facility will provide flexible laboratories, classrooms, and seminar rooms for interdisciplinary research and education. The project was designed by Perkins + Will and includes a 5,000-sf cleanroom for nanotechnology fabrication.