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Proterra Plans Greenville R&D Facility
Proterra will begin construction in spring of 2010 on a $68 million research, development, and manufacturing facility in Greenville, S.C. Located at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), the 240,000-sf building will be sited on five acres. Proterra is based in Golden, Colo., and is a manufacturer of electric and hybrid drive trains for buses, trucks, and other vehicles.
UC Riverside Opens Stem Cell Research Lab
The University of California Riverside celebrated the opening of the Stem Cell Core Facility (SCCF) in February of 2010. Located in Noel Keen Hall, the 2,000-sf facility features a Nikon BioStation CT incubator and advanced microscopy instrumentation. The project was funded by $2.8 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
University of Hawaii at Hilo Constructs Science and Technology Building
The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s $28 million Science and Technology Building is slated for completion in October of 2010. The 41,560-sf facility will house classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, and research space for the departments of physics, astronomy, and chemistry.
University of Colorado Constructs Biotechnology Building
The University of Colorado is building the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building in Boulder. Ground was broken on the interdisciplinary project in September of 2009 with completion expected in fall of 2011. The cost of the first phase of construction is $145 million. The 257,000-sf research and teaching facility will house the department of chemical and biological engineering, the biochemistry division of the department of chemistry and biochemistry, and the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology (CIMB).
NASA's Exploration Sciences Building Achieves LEED Gold
The Exploration Sciences Building at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center was awarded LEED Gold sustainable design certification in February of 2010. The 200,000-sf facility is located in Greenbelt, Md., and houses nearly 60 laboratories. The project team included architectural firm EwingCole of Philadelphia and Manhattan Construction Company of Washington, D.C. Construction began in June of 2007 and was completed in 29 months.