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UC Davis Medical Center Opens Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion
UC Davis Medical Center opened the $425 million Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion in Sacramento in July of 2010. Construction began on the 472,000-sf facility in November of 2004. Built with three stories above grade and one story below, the pavilion provides an emergency room, a 12-bed burn unit, a surgical intensive care unit, and pathology, radiology, and cardiology services. The project was designed by Gordon H. Chong & Partners of San Francisco.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Builds Barrier Vivarium
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was awarded $15 million in federal stimulus funding in spring of 2010 to create an advanced barrier vivarium in New York. The $20 million project comprises expansion of an existing vivarium by fitting out the cellar and associated interstitial/mechanical space of a contiguous building. Housing 31 small animal holding rooms and 13 procedure labs, the expansion will provide 23,450 individually ventilated mouse cages with the capacity to house approximately 100,000 mice.
Mount Desert Island Biological Lab Plans Center for Marine Functional Genomic Studies
The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory will construct the Center for Marine Functional Genomic Studies in Salisbury Cove, Maine. The 13,267-sf facility will house multidisciplinary research labs, core facilities, and support space. The building will also provide research space for Maine's IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE). The project is supported by $3.8 million in federal stimulus funding.
Texas A&M University Plans Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Build-Out
Texas A&M University will build out 12,680 asf of shell space in the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building in College Station to house laboratories, equipment, and cold room space. Accommodating research in structural biology, synthetic chemistry, drug discovery, molecular virology, and cancer biology, the project will support collaborative translational research. The facility is supported by $3.5 million in federal stimulus funding and will meet LEED Silver sustainable design standards.
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center Expands in Thousand Oaks
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center is initiating a $245 million expansion of its hospital campus in Thousand Oaks, Calif. A four-story patient tower providing 60 beds will be built and a fourth floor will be added to an existing building. The project will enable Los Robles to comply with state seismic safety regulations. A new parking structure will also be constructed.