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University of Prince Edward Island Builds School of Nursing
The University of Prince Edward Island is building a $10.8 million facility to house the School of Nursing and the Department of Family and Nutritional Sciences in Charlottetown. The 3,510-sm project will provide seven clinical nursing rooms, 12 nursing labs, critical care rooms, classrooms, graduate research labs, and offices. Construction began on the facility in September of 2010 with completion is expected in fall of 2011.
JPSA Expands Laser Manufacturing Facility
JP Sercel Associates (JPSA) completed an expansion of its laser manufacturing facility in December of 2010 in Manchester, N.H. The 24,000-sf addition provides cleanrooms, R&D labs, laser micromachining workstations, and offices. The total footprint of the completed facility is 58,000 sf. The general contractor for the project was Jewett Construction.
Methodist Hospital System Opens West Houston Health Center
Methodist Hospital System opened its West Houston health center in Texas in December of 2010. Designed by PageSoutherlandPage, the project includes a 474,000-sf hospital, a 162,000-sf medical office building, and a 13,000-sf central utility plant. The acute care hospital was built by Austin Commercial and will serve as the anchor for the Texas Medical Center-West development. The facility promotes patient safety and healing with an integrated, flexible design providing 100 beds with the ability to accommodate up to 193 beds.
SolarReserve Builds Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project
Tonopah Solar Energy, a subsidiary of SolarReserve, will begin construction in mid-2011 on a $850 million solar power plant in Nye County, Nevada. Sited on 2,250 acres of public land, the 110 megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project will use fields of mirrors called heliostats to focus sunlight on a receiver tower, heating a transfer fluid used to generate steam. The facility will generate enough electricity to power 75,000 households. SolarReserve is based in Santa Monica, Calif.
University of California, San Francisco Builds Cardiovascular Research Building
The University of California, San Francisco is building the 230,000-sf Cardiovascular Research Building in San Francisco's Mission Bay development. Featuring integrated clinical and research space, the facility will house labs, offices, a 35,000-sf vivarium, and an outpatient clinic. The translational research building was designed by SmithGroup and Jim Jennings Architecture. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) were implemented in the planning and development of the project.