Industry News

Deakin University began building the $50 million Regional Community Health Hub (REACH) at its Geelong Waurn Ponds campus in spring of 2011. The 73,195-sf facility will support health science instruction in optometry, pharmacy, and exercise and sports science. Connected to the adjacent Deakin Medical School, the three-story building will include labs, offices, tutorial and problem-based learning rooms, a simulation center, and a 200-seat lecture hall. Completion is expected in 2012.

Bioniche Life Sciences opened the Animal Health and Food Safety Vaccine Manufacturing Centre in April of 2011 in Belleville, Ontario. The livestock vaccine manufacturing facility has a fermentation capacity of up to 5,000 liters as well as downstream processing. The center will support rapid scale-up for commercial production.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has selected Payette to design a two-story addition, including a partial lower level, to house an inter-operative suite with an overhead MRI and CT imaging system. The suite will be used for clinical cases that have some research component, with research collaborations primarily between Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Dartmouth Medical School, and Thayer School of Engineering. A third floor will be expanded and renovated to include two additional MRI areas and an adjacent imaging suite.

Rolls-Royce opened its $170 million Crosspointe aerospace manufacturing facility in April of 2011 in Prince George County, Va. Sited on over 1,000 acres, the 180,000-sf facility houses production, assembly, and testing space for engine components. The project was designed and built by Haskell and features rainwater harvesting, light sensors, and ceiling panels for maximum daylighting. Ground was broken on the project in October of 2009.

Ceva Animal Health opened its $18 million poultry vaccine production plant in May of 2011. Located in Lenexa, Kansas, the 55,000-sf facility will support manufacturing of both standard and vector vaccines with advanced automated systems and technologies.