Industry News

The Royal College of Surgeons is planning to construct a new campus in Dublin. Located on the former site of Belcamp College, the project would include a 39,000-sm medical school and a six-story, 64,000-sm hospital with 320 inpatient beds. Consolidating clinical training, research, and patient care, the campus may also include a 90-bed nursing home, a hotel, and a business incubator.

Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories initiated a $4.2 million expansion and renovation of its research facilities in Columbia, Mo., in early spring of 2010. The project will provide laboratories for the company's chemical division. Completion is expected in June of 2010. The general contractor for the project is ARCO Construction of St. Louis.

The largest carbon capture pilot plant in Europe will be constructed in the United Kingdom. The £20 million project will be developed by Scottish and Southern Energy, Vattenfall, and Doosan Babcock in collaboration with university partners. Located in Ferrybridge, the project will support the development of post-combustion carbon capture technologies for implementation at coal- and gas-fired power plants.

The National Cancer Institute is building the $250 million Advanced Technology Research Facility in Frederick, Md. Construction began on the project in fall of 2009 with completion expected in 2012. Located in the Riverside Research Park, the 330,000-sf biomedical research building will house laboratories and offices. The National Cancer Institute is managed by the National Institutes of Health.

Pioneer Hi-bred, a subsidiary of DuPont, will begin construction in September of 2010 on a $40 million expansion of its research facilities in Johnston, Iowa. Supporting research and development in plant genetics, the 200,000-sf project will house laboratories in multiple connected buildings. Occupancy is slated for early 2012.