Higher Education

Stanford University will break ground in 2009 on the 200,000-sf Stanford Institutes of Medicine 1 in Palo Alto, Calif. Housing the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, the $200 million project received $43.58 million in funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in May of 2008. Completion is expected in 2011. The project team includes Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects and The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

The University of California, Riverside will begin construction in 2010 on a $508 million complex for its new medical school. Sited on 40 acres, the project includes two research and medical instruction facilities and a vivarium for animal research. The medical school will initially occupy a renovated building when it opens in 2012.

Stempeutics Research opened a 5,000-sf stem cell research facility on the campus of Manipal University in India in July of 2008. Located at Shirdi Sai Baba Cancer Hospital, the cGMP laboratory will support therapeutics research and production with two Class 10,000 cleanrooms. The facility is designed to USA Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) standards and employ cGTP (current Good Tissue Practice) manufacturing processes.

Brown University has selected the project team of Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Shawmut Design and Construction to design and build the Nelson Fitness Center and University Swim Center in Providence, R.I.  The 85,000-sf facility will feature an Olympic swimming pool, a three-court gymnasium, fitness studios, and a new quadrangle and atrium. The project will break ground in March of 2009 with completion expected in fall of 2010.

The University of Minnesota-Duluth broke ground on the $15 million Civil Engineering Building in July of 2008. The 34,000-sf building will house laboratories and instructional facilities and is slated for occupancy in 2010.

Yale University began construction in April of 2008 on the 13,600-sf Greenberg Conference Center in New Haven, Conn. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the project will seek LEED Gold certification for sustainable design. The flexible facility will feature a 60-seat amphitheater, a 30-seat divisible classroom, a 100-seat dining room, and advanced audiovisual capabilities. The project contractor is Shawmut Design and Construction. Completion is slated for May of 2009.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will construct a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) tissue laboratory for the Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. Located in the Richard Dean Biomedical Research Building in Piedmont Triad Research Park, the facility will support the creation of tissues and engineered organs for the rehabilitation of soldiers. The facility is created in partnership with the Department of Defense’s Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine, a multi-institutional consortium of research centers.

UC San Diego Medical Center has selected Cannon Design as project architect for a new inpatient tower on its East Campus in La Jolla, Calif. The facility will break ground in 2012 with completion slated for 2015. The project, which will bring total bed count at the La Jolla hospital to 505, is part of a long term plan to build a major University Medical Center on the East Campus. Proximity to the School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will promote clinical innovation through translational research.

The University of Baltimore is planning to construct a new $107 million School of Law facility in Baltimore, Md. Slated for completion in August of 2012, the 190,000-sf project will enter the design phase by year-end 2008. The facility is part of the planned Fitzgerald at UB Midtown development which will house 240 apartments, street-level retail, and a 1,100-sf parking garage. The facility is being designed by Behnisch Architekten of Stuttgart in partnership with Ayers/Saint/Gross of Baltimore. The University of Baltimore is part of the University System of Maryland.

Tufts University is building the $25.9 million Regional Biocontainment Laboratory in North Grafton, Mass. Part of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, the facility is funded in part by $19.35 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The 38,000-gsf facility is sited on 5.4 acres in the Grafton Science Park and will include 23,290-sf of mechanical and basement space.

Lehigh University will break ground in August of 2008 on the $62.1 million Science, Technology, Environment, Policy & Society (STEPS) building in Bethlehem, Pa. The 135,000-sf facility will be constructed to attain LEED certification by construction manager Alvin H. Butz, Inc. Completion is slated for June of 2010. The project will feature a green roof.

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create the Cherokee Farm research campus in Knoxville. The project will include preservation of prehistoric remains and the relocation of an existing dairy farm to create a LEED-certified R&D incubator for commercialization of scientific discoveries. Research areas will include leadership and network computing; neutron science; nanotechnology and materials science; energy, climate, and environmental science; and biomedical science.

Youngstown State University began site work in summer of 2008 for the 106,000-sf Williamson College of Business Administration in Youngstown, Ohio. A ceremonial groundbreaking for the $34.3 million facility will be held in fall of 2008 with construction beginning in 2009. Completion is slated for fall of 2010. Housing instructional and administrative space, the building will double the footprint of the university’s existing business school. LEED certification for sustainable design will be sought for the project.

Purdue University will break ground in fall of 2008 on an $11 million expansion of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories in West Lafayette, Ind.  The new facility will double the lab’s existing footprint of 27,500-sf to provide a total of 52,000-sf. The first phase of the project will be comprised of 16,000-sf for the Perception-Based Engineering Laboratory and the Cummins Engine Laboratory. Housing offices and experimental facilities for over 100 faculty, graduate students, and staff, the project will feature noise and vibration mitigation technologies.

Clemson University is constructing the $11.5 million Rhodes Hall Annex in Clemson, S.C. The 30,000-sf facility will house research labs, teaching labs, and classrooms for the bioengineering department. Built to attain LEED Silver sustainable design certification, the three-story building will be constructed of materials sourced from within a 500 mile radius of the project. Construction waste will be recycled, including removed trees being converted to mulch.