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InVivos is partnering with Taconic to construct a research animal breeding facility in Singapore. Slated for completion by year-end 2011, the facility will produce up to 600,000 rodents annually at full capacity. InVivos will build the project adjacent to the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Animal Resources in Lim Chu Kang.

Dammam University will build a SR500 million teaching hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 11-story building will provide 400 inpatient beds as well as clinical space, classrooms, diagnostic labs, surgical suites, and a helipad. Completion is expected within four years.

Texas A&M University is partnering with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to build the National Center for Therapeutic Manufacturing. The 153,000-sf research and development complex is under construction in College Station with completion expected in late 2011. Designed to accelerate the development of oncology therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, the facility will provide research labs, biological pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and modular cleanroom pods.

University of Colorado Hospital is planning to build a second patient tower on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. The $400 million building will provide inpatient and emergency care, surgical suites, and diagnosis and treatment facilities. Occupancy is expected in 2013. The 720,000-sf project includes 660,000 sf of new construction and 60,000 sf of renovated space.

Taylor University broke ground on the $41.7 million Greg and Mary Fran Euler Science Complex in May of 2010. The 137,000-sf facility will provide advanced facilities for research and teaching. The construction manager for the project is GDH of Indianapolis, a subsidiary of The Hagerman Group. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility, which will utilize wind and solar energy. Occupancy is slated for fall of 2012.