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New Earth Builds Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility
New Earth Solutions initiated construction in November of 2010 on a £25 million mechanical biological treatment facility in Avonmouth in the United Kingdom. The general contractor for the project is Dean & Dyball Civil Engineering (DDCE), a division of Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering. The plant will utilize pyrolysis and gasification technology to treat up to 200,000 tons of waste annually and create biomass-rich fuel as a renewable energy resource.
Scripps Health Plans La Jolla Cardiovascular Institute
Scripps Health will break ground in late 2011 on a $398 million cardiovascular institute in La Jolla. The 383,000-sf, eight-story facility will provide 108 private patient rooms, 60 ICU beds, six surgical suites, catheterization labs, cardiovascular research labs, and a center for graduate medical education. The design architect for the project is HOK. Completion is expected in 2015. The institute is part of a $2 billion master plan to rebuild Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
ANSI/AIHA Develops Testing and Performance Verification Methodologies for BSL-3 Labs
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have embarked on an initiative to develop a national standard entitled “Testing and Performance Verification Methodologies for Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Laboratories,” known as ANSI/AIHA Z9.14.
Babraham Opens Bioincubator Facility
Babraham Bioscience Technologies opened the 8,000-sf Maia bioincubator facility in Cambridge in November of 2010. The project will provide laboratories for seven early-stage biomedical companies with access to shared research resources at the Babraham Institute. The opening of the Maia building brings the total footprint of Babraham’s research campus to 70,000 sf. Babraham Bioscience Technologies is the commercial arm of the Babraham Institute, an institute of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
IBM Constructs Swiss Nanotechnology Lab
IBM’s £44 million nanotechnology laboratory in Rueschlikon, Switzerland, is slated for completion in spring of 2011. Created in partnership with The Swiss Technical University (ETH), the facility will provide 900 sm of cleanroom space and temperature-stable subterranean laboratories protected from vibrations and electromagnetic interference. The building will feature geothermal heating, photovoltaic panels, and a parking garage with a green roof.