The National Center for Atmospheric Research broke ground on the $70 million NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center in Cheyenne on June 15, 2010. The 153,000-sf project will be constructed by Saunders Construction of Denver. Supporting advanced climate modeling, the facility will support research in weather, oceanography, air pollution, space weather, computational science, energy production, and carbon sequestration.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell broke ground on the $70 million Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) on June 8, 2010. Designed by CUH2A, the 84,000-sf lab and office facility will support research, development, and manufacturing of products in the nanotechnology, plastics, biotechnology, and electro-optics fields. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
Boise State University will construct the 9,300-sf Biomedical Research Vivarium in Boise, Idaho. The animal housing facility will support multidisciplinary research combining molecular, cellular, biophysical, and biochemical methods. The project is supported by $3.9 million in federal stimulus funding.
Newcastle University has selected ISG to construct the £7.1 million Translational Research Building in the United Kingdom. Housing research space, clinical facilities, and a business incubator, the four-story project will link the Henry Wellcome Biogerontology Building and the Clinical Ageing Research Unit. Completion is expected in summer of 2011.
The University of North Carolina is constructing the $87 million Dental Sciences Building in Chapel Hill. The five-story, 216,000-sf building will house research, academic, preclinical, and administrative facilities. The architect of record for the project is Flad Architects with KBR as general contractor. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility. Completion is expected in January of 2012.
Purdue University is planning to construct the $20 million Drug Discovery Facility in West Lafayette, Ind. Construction is expected to begin in summer of 2011 with completion in spring of 2013. The facility will replace existing space in the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry.
The University of Manitoba broke ground in June of 2010 on the $30 million Art and Research Technology Laboratory Building in Winnipeg. Occupancy is expected in fall of 2011. The facility will house the university’s fine arts masters programs and graduate research space.
Purdue University has selected BSA Life Structures of Indianapolis to design the $53.7 million Health and Human Sciences Research Facility. Located in West Lafayette, Ind., the building will house the Indiana University School of Medicine-Lafayette, the Lyles-Porter Hall of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, and clinical space. Construction will begin in spring of 2011 with completion expected in fall of 2012.
Swinburne University of Technology is partnering with Suntech Power Holdings to create the Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility (VSASF) in Melbourne. The project will support the commercialization of nanoplasmonic solar cell technology.
Denison University began construction in May of 2010 on an expansion and renovation of Ebaugh Laboratories in Granville, Ohio. The $14.7 million project will provide updated chemistry classrooms and research laboratories. Occupancy is expected in fall of 2011.
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.
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.
Weill Cornell Medical College broke ground on the $650 million Medical Research Building in New York on May 26, 2010. The 480,000-sf facility will support interdisciplinary research on cancer, stem cells, diabetes, and infectious diseases. Laboratories will occupy 13 floors of the 18-story building. Completion is expected in July of 2013.
The University of Vermont dedicated the $55.7 million Jeffords Hall in Burlington on May 22, 2010. The 97,000-sf academic and research facility houses teaching labs, classrooms, offices, and research space. Housing the departments of Plant Biology and Plant and Soil Science, the three-story building will support molecular, ecological, and environmental research and teaching. The project features an underground central steam and chilled water system. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
