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Bangor University Designs Arts and Innovation Center
Bangor University is designing a £35 million arts and innovation center in Bangor, Wales. The Pontio Project will house instructional facilities, an innovation hub, and performance spaces. The center is being designed by architectural firm Grimshaw and will include a 450-seat theater, rehearsal studios, and cinema space. The innovation hub will provide research and development space for projects ranging from new business technologies to health research. The facility is supported by £15 million of Welsh Assembly government funding.
Piedmont Healthcare Builds Replacement Hospital
Piedmont Health will begin construction in May of 2010 on a $94 million replacement hospital in Newnan, Ga. The nine-story, 362,500-sf facility will provide 136 beds, eight operating rooms, and an emergency department. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. The architect of record is Perkins+Will with KBR Building Group as the general contractor. Completion is expected in early 2012.
SunEdison Builds Solar Power Plant
SunEdison will construct a 72 megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant near Rovigo, Italy. The facility will be the largest of its kind in Europe and will begin generation in the second half of 2010. The plant will produce enough electricity to power 17,150 homes and avoid 41,000 tons of carbon dioxide output. The facility will be built by Isolux Corsán.
Kishwaukee Community Hospital Builds Cancer Center
Kishwaukee Community Hospital is building a $15.8 million cancer center in DeKalb, Ill. The 26,500-sf building will provide consolidated cancer services in a single location, including medical oncology, radiation therapy, infusion therapy, hematology, and PET/CT scanners for diagnostic imaging. Completion is expected by year-end 2010.
University of Alaska Plans Renewable Energy R&D Center
The University of Alaska Anchorage is planning to construct the $20 million Girdwood Renewable Energy Research and Discovery Center. Supporting research on renewable energy technologies such as small-scale hydropower systems, the project will include field sites for instream hydrokinetic, tidal, and micro-hydropower turbine testing. The center will also house education, training, and testing facilities.