Duke University School of Medicine will break ground on the $53 million Learning Center on October 15, 2010. Located on the university’s West Campus in Durham, N.C., the six-story, 84,000-sf building will provide a 400-seat auditorium, clinical teaching labs, simulation suites, and advanced classrooms for team-based medical education. Completion is expected in 2013.
Boston College broke ground on the 183,000-sf Stokes Hall in October of 2010. Housing the university’s humanities departments, the facility will provide 36 classrooms, faculty offices, conference rooms, and a commons area. The construction manager for the project is Walsh Brothers of Boston. Completion is expected in fall of 2012.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has selected Skanska to construct a 50,000-sm veterinary and domestic animal center in Uppsala, Sweden. Developed in partnership with Akademiska Hus, the SEK 1.09 billion project will include a veterinary hospital, teaching and research laboratories, and stables. Construction will begin on the sustainably designed facility in October of 2010 with completion expected by spring of 2014.
National Cheng Kung University initiated a renovation of three engineering buildings in September of 2010 in Tainan City, Taiwan. The NT$1 billion project will provide advanced teaching and research facilities for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Department of Resources Engineering, and the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering. Completion is expected in September of 2012.
Florida A&M University broke ground in September of 2010 on Phase II of the New Pharmacy Building in Tallahassee. The 65,000-sf facility will provide 45,000 nsf of teaching and research space. Housing more than 30 laboratories, the $30 million project is part of a pharmacy complex that will include new animal research facilities and advanced instrumentation suites.
Fayetteville State University will begin construction in January of 2011 on a $17 million science and technology building. The four-story, 64,000-sf facility will house classrooms, offices, and labs for chemistry, math, information technology, and science. The project contractors are Rentenbach Constructors and R.J. Leeper Construction. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility. Completion is expected in July of 2012.
Moorpark College dedicated its 47,000-sf Academic Center in September of 2010. Located in Moorpark, Calif., the three-story, 47,000-sf facility house 33 technology-rich classrooms, faculty offices, and conference rooms. Additionally, Moorpark College’s new health sciences building will open in January of 2011, and the $12.7 million, 13,000-sf Exotic Animal Training and Management Program (EATM) facility is slated for completion in April of 2011.
Michigan State University broke ground in September of 2010 on the $17.6 million Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research in East Lansing. Supported by $7.45 million in federal stimulus funding, the three-story addition will provide 20,906 gsf of research space, teaching labs, classrooms, and faculty offices. The 50,000-sf project will enable several College of Nursing facilities to be consolidated in a centralized location. Completion is expected in late 2011.
The University of Massachusetts Medical School opened the 258,000-sf Ambulatory Care Center in Worcester in September of 2010. Designed by Payette, the nine-story project provides integrated facilities for patient care, clinical research, and medical education. The building is located at UMass Memorial Medical Center and features energy-efficient HVAC systems, abundant natural light, and occupancy sensors.
Staffordshire University will begin construction in fall of 2010 on the £30 million Science and Technology Centre in Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom. The general contractor for the project is Miller Construction. The teaching and research facility will include laboratories, flexible classrooms, two lecture halls, a cognitive and developmental psychology suite, interview rooms, a learning resource center, a dedicated IT suite, and a café. Occupancy is expected in autumn of 2012.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College dedicated its $26 million biotechnology education building in September of 2010. Located on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, the three-story facility houses 10 laboratories, 10 classrooms, 30 offices, conference rooms, and a library. The 62,332-sf building includes a bioprocessing suite for biopharmaceutical training.
University of Missouri Health Care began construction in September of 2010 on a $210 million facility in Columbia. The eight-story, 300,000-sf addition will provide 90 private patient rooms and 12 surgical suites. The Ellis Fischel Cancer Center will occupy two floors in the building. Completion is expected in late 2012.
Iowa State University dedicated the $32 million Biorenewables Research Laboratory in Ames in September of 2010. Designed to promote interaction and collaboration, the interdisciplinary research facility houses labs and offices for the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, the Bioeconomy Institute, and the Biobased Industry Center. RFD (Research Facilities Design) was the laboratory design consultant for the project.
The Medical College of Wisconsin will break ground in spring of 2011 on a three-story, 100,000-sf teaching facility at Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa. The $29 million building will feature simulation suites, anatomy labs, and team-based learning areas. Occupancy is expected in July of 2012.
The University of Wyoming dedicated its expanded and renovated College of Business in Laramie in September of 2010. The project included a complete renovation of the existing 53,000-sf facility and 112,000 sf of new construction. The technology-rich building houses a networked trading room, classrooms, multimedia and behavioral labs, a boardroom, seminar rooms, and an auditorium. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for project.
