Colorado State University began building the $53 million Research Innovation Center on its Foothills campus in Fort Collins in December of 2008. Slated for completion in April of 2010, the three-story, 72,000-sf center will be sited in the Judson Harper Research Complex and will house offices, laboratories, and a biotechnology business incubator.
The University of Kentucky began construction on an $18.6 million research facility for the College of Engineering in downtown Lexington in September of 2008. Part of the University’s Digital Village quadrangle, the Marksbury Building will support research in computer visualization, computer science, and electrical and computer engineering. Completion is slated for early 2011.
Florida State University is planning to build the Energy and Sustainability Center in Harmony, Fla. The research facility will be sited in the 100-acre Florida Energy Research Park in the green-certified Harmony development, which will include sustainable commercial, residential, and retail facilities. Created in partnership with Starwood Energy Group and Harmony Development Company, FSU's Energy and Sustainability Center will support research and training in solar, wind, hydrogen, and biomass technologies.
Natural Resources Canada broke ground on the new CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory in Hamilton, Ontario, in December of 2008. Located in the McMaster Innovation Park, the LEED-certified facility will accommodate research and development in structural metals and alloys, materials design, pilot-scale processing, and performance evaluation. CANMET-MTL is a Government of Canada laboratory previously located in Ottawa. The new facility, created in partnership with McMaster University, will open in 2010.
Georgia State University is building the $150 million Parker H. Petit Science Teaching Laboratory in Atlanta. Designed Heery International, the 350,000-sf facility will house multidisciplinary research and instruction space for biology, chemistry, neuroscience, and the College of Health and Human Services. Completion is slated for spring of 2010.
Cooper University Hospital opened the first five floors of the $220 million Pavilion in December of 2008. Located in Camden, N.J., the 10-story building features 12 surgical suites, 33 private inpatient rooms, a 30-bed intensive care unit, a healing garden, and a three-story atrium. The top five floors will be finished as needed. The project was designed by Ewing Cole.
The University of Oklahoma Cancer Institute is slated for completion in summer of 2009. The $210 million, 220,000-sf National Cancer Institute is located at Oklahoma Health Center in Oklahoma City. Construction began on the seven-story project in early 2008.
The University of Edinburgh broke ground on a £58 million biomedical research center in December of 2008. Located on the University’s Easter Bush campus in Roslin, U.K., the project will house laboratories and offices for research in genetics, developmental biology, neuroscience, immunology, infectious diseases, and animal sciences. The facility is slated for completion in 2011 and will be complemented by a new veterinary teaching building and small animal hospital. The project architect is CUH2A.
Indiana State University is engaged in a $30 million renovation of the 70-year-old University Hall on its Terre Haute campus. The sustainably designed project features the use of recycled steel, natural lighting, thermal pane windows, fin coil tubing heaters, and an HVAC system with individual room controls. The renovation is expected to save the University $1 million annually in energy costs. Completion is slated for fall of 2009.
The University of California, Berkeley received $10.98 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in November of 2008 to fund the construction of the Center for Integrated Precision and Quantum Measurement (CIPQM). The 10,000-sf underground facility will be located in the planned New Campbell Hall and will provide 10 to 15 modular laboratories for multidisciplinary precision measurement research. Construction on the low-vibration, low-noise, and low-EMI facility is expected to begin in 2010.
The University of New Hampshire is engaged in a $25.5 million expansion and renovation of James Hall. Comprised of a 15,000-sf addition to the 1920s science building, the project will increase the facility’s footprint from 60,000-sf to 75,000-sf. The new James Hall will house the departments of natural resources and earth sciences and is slated for completion in December of 2009. The building will feature a wildlife wet research lab, a walk-in environmental chamber, and climate controlled rooms. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
Louisiana State University selected the site for its planned academic medical center in downtown New Orleans in November of 2008. A new Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be built adjacent to LSU’s facility. The $2 billion, 70-acre joint medical campus will replace facilities lost in Hurricane Katrina and will anchor a developing biosciences industry corridor.
Trinity College Dublin is planning to build an 11-story biomedical sciences research and training facility in Dublin, Ireland. The €75 million project will include research, academic, and commercial office space. Slated for completion in 2010, the 28,000-sm TCD Biomedical Sciences Development will house the Institute of Immunology, the Cancer Drug Discovery Center of Excellence, the Bioengineering Center, and space for the Institute of Neuroscience.
UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will begin construction in summer of 2010 on the $26.5 million Marine Ecosystem Sensing, Observation and Modeling (MESOM) Laboratory. Located in La Jolla, Calif., the planned three-story, 18,000-asf facility will house laboratories, offices, and conference rooms for multidisciplinary research on physical, biological, and chemical sensors for ocean ecology research. Completion is expected in 2012. A minimum of LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
Jackson State University opened the Center for the Study of Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management in November of 2008. Located in Jackson, Miss., the facility will enable the Department of Homeland Security to research solutions for protecting at-risk infrastructure, improving communication, and enhancing recovery efforts in response to natural disasters.
