Industry News

Rinker Design Associates (RDA) is partnering with NAL Research Corporation to build a 90,000-sf shared headquarters in the Innovation @ Prince William development in Manassas, Va. Ground will be broken in March of 2011 on the first phase of the project, the $9 million, 45,000-sf Discovery Center I. Completion is expected in February of 2012. The 40,000-sf Discovery Center II will be built as the second phase. Both towers will be three stories tall.

Lohmann Animal Health completed an $8.8 million, 25,000-sf expansion of its poultry vaccine manufacturing facility in Winslow, Maine, in January of 2011. Construction began on the project in 2008. The completed facility includes a 9,000-sf R&D center with laboratories and offices, a bird testing facility, and a biological production plant. Lohmann Animal Health is based in Cuxhaven, Germany.

Southeast Georgia Health System began construction in January of 2011 on a $10.9 million orthopedic and spine center in Brunswick. Housing 31 private rooms, the facility will provide facilities for orthopedic care, sports medicine, and joint replacement surgery. The center will be located in the existing St. Simons hospital tower, which will be renovated to house updated HVAC, mechanical, and plumbing systems.

Temple University is initiating a 10-year, $1.2 billion plan to redevelop its Philadelphia campus. The project includes construction of a library, a 1,500-bed dormitory, academic buildings, and athletic facilities.

The Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole was awarded LEED Gold sustainable design certification in January of 2011 for the $25 million renovation of Loeb Laboratory. The 66,000-sf facility features advanced buildings systems and technologies to reduce energy and water consumption. The Loeb Laboratory houses life sciences education, training, and research space. The project was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.