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Newman University College Plans Library Facility
Newman University College has awarded Morgan Sindall an £8.5 million contract to construct a new library and entrance building in Birmingham. The three-story project will include a library, teaching space, offices, an atrium, and a café. Completion is expected in January of 2012.
University of Alberta Builds Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science
The University of Alberta is building the $360.7-million Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS) in Edmonton. Construction began on the facility in November of 2008 with completion expected in 2011. The building will provide teaching labs, lecture halls, research labs, and faculty offices. The 53,000-sm project was designed by ONPA and is being built by PCL Construction Management. Consulting engineers included Read Jones Christoffersen, Stantec, and Hemisphere.
University of Louisville Plans Research Building
The University of Louisville is partnering with Nucleus, Kentucky's life science and innovation center, to develop a research building in Louisville. Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan and built by Sullivan & Cozart, the facility will provide laboratory and office space for life science companies. Completion is expected in 2012.
University of Nottingham and GlaxoSmithKline Plan Green Chemistry Building
The University of Nottingham will partner with GlaxoSmithKline to build a green chemistry research facility on its Jubilee campus in the United Kingdom. The climate-neutral building will provide instructional space and laboratories for the development of safer chemical processes and products.
Brock University Builds Bioscience Complex
Brock University is building the $111 million Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex in St. Catherines, Ontario. The 176,000-sf project will house Canada's only CL3 biocontainment facility dedicated entirely to research. Designed by architectsAlliance in association with Payette, the complex is being built by EllisDon with Crossey Engineering as electrical and mechanical consultant, MHPM as project manager, and Halsall Associates as LEED consultant.