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QualTex Laboratories Opens Norcross Testing Lab
QualTex Laboratories opened a $5.8 million blood and plasma products testing lab in late 2010 in Norcross, Georgia. The Atlanta design/build team of Lord, Aeck & Sargent and DPR Construction completed the project in 13 months. The single-story, 57,000-sf facility includes 15,500 sf of laboratory space for sample processing, testing, quality assurance, and cold storage. Designed to optimize workflow efficiency and flexibility, the project features mobile casework and overhead service panels.
GlaxoSmithKline Plans Philadelphia Facility
GlaxoSmithKline will build a 205,000-sf facility in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The four-story building will be developed by Liberty Property Trust and Synterra Partners and is expected to achieve LEED Platinum sustainable design certification. Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) is providing design services for the $81 million project. Site work will begin in March of 2011 with construction commencing in summer of 2011. Completion is expected by early 2013.
BIA Separations Completes Biochromatography Headquarters
BIA Separations will open its 43,000-sf biochromatography headquarters in March of 2011 in Ajdovscina, Slovenia. The manufacturing and training facility will support production of fast monolithic chromatography columns, a technology for the separation and purification of large biomolecules. The project includes a BSL-2 lab. The sustainably designed facility includes a 50kW solar power plant and geothermal heating and cooling.
Philips Lumileds Builds Penang Facility
Philips Lumileds will begin construction in March of 2011 on a new R&D facility in Penang, Malaysia. Located on a 12-acre site in Bayan Lepas, the building will support product development for light emitting diode technologies. The project will include a cleanroom manufacturing facility, a design center, and space for Philips’ Global Customer Quality and Finance Team. The building will feature 100 percent LED lighting. Completion is expected in mid-2012.
Rock Valley College Builds Jacobs Center for Science and Math
Rock Valley College is building the $28.6 million Karl J. Jacobs Center for Science and Math in Rockford, Ill. The 106,000-sf facility will provide labs, classrooms, and faculty offices for the departments of math, life science, and physical science. Ground was broken on the project in May of 2010 with completion expected in May of 2011. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility, which features glass exterior walls for daylighting. The center will include an outdoor greenhouse and rain gardens.