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Princeton University's High-Performance Research Computing Center will open in September of 2011. Located on the Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, N.J., the two-story, 46,765-sf building will include a computing area, mechanical and electrical support, and office space. The facility will house the Terrascale Infrastructure for Groundbreaking Research in Engineering and Science (TIGRESS) Center.

The University of Queensland began construction in June of 2011 on the $120 million Oral Health Centre in Herston. The facility will house innovative teaching and learning spaces, dental clinics, research laboratories, imaging suites, operating rooms, and offices. The project was designed by Cox Rayner Architects with Lend Lease as construction manager. Completion is expected in late 2012. 

Lancaster University's Institute for Contemporary Arts has attained BREEAM Outstanding sustainable design certification. Designed by Sheppard Robson and built by Morgan Sindall, the $16.1 million, 32,000-sf facility was completed in March of 2011.

The University of California, Los Angeles is planning to build the 23,000-sf Clinical and Translational Research Center. The facility will include clinical research space and a core biomarkers laboratory. The project is supported by a five-year Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) of $81.3 million to UCLA in partnership with Cedars–Sinai Medical Center, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center.

Loyalist College opened the $16.6 million Sustainable Skills, Technology and Life Sciences Centre in June of 2011 in Belleville, Ontario. The project comprises a 45,000-sf technology and trades training facility and 69,000 sf of new flexible space connected to existing facilities. The sustainably designed center will house the Schools of Architecture and Building Sciences, the School of Biosciences, and the School of Skills Training.