Lewis and Clark Community College will begin construction in spring of 2007 on The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center. To be built near Godfrey, Ill., at the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers, the river ecology center will provide space for teaching and public outreach as well as developing watershed and river management strategies.
Stonehill College has selected The S/L/A/M Collaborative to provide full architectural and engineering services for its new $34-million Science Center in Easton, Mass. The 89,000-sf building, prominently sited near the College's main entrance, will provide space for integrated science teaching and research in the fields of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and psychology.
The University of Alberta is constructing a $250-million facility on its Edmonton campus for the faculties of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Law. Expected to open in phases beginning in fall of 2007, the building will enable the University to expand its interdisciplinary health sciences research and educational activities. Areas of study in the building include pharmaceutical sciences, spinal cord research, cardiovascular translational research, gastrointestinal inflammation research, and viral hepatitis research.
The University of South Carolina opened the first research building on its Innovista campus in Columbia in fall of 2006. The $22-million Arnold School of Public Health Research Center will house laboratories and departmental space for exercise science and environmental health sciences. The 104,860-sf facility integrates sustainable design principles with extensive use of natural light as well as carpet, flooring, and furniture made from recycled materials.
The University of Queensland opened the $70-million Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) in Brisbane on Oct. 23, 2006. Located on the school's St. Lucia campus, the six-level facility will accommodate research combining the biological, physical, and chemical sciences. Housing over 250 staff and students with a maximum capacity of 350, the center houses state-of-the-art microfabrication facilities, a GMP-ready bioprocessing facility, world-class microscopy facilities, and advanced data storage and visualization capabilities.
The University of Chicago initiated site work in fall of 2006 on the Howard T. Ricketts Regional Biocontainment Laboratory in Argonne, Ill. The facility will be located on four acres within Argonne National Laboratory. The project team for the $45-million facility includes construction manager Turner Construction of Chicago and designer Flad of Madison, Wisc. Completion is expected in February of 2008.
The University of Michigan has selected Gilbane Building Company as construction manager for its new 10-story, 215,000-sf academic medical center dedicated to ophthalmology and Type 1 diabetes. Partners include Cambridge architects Stubbins Associates and Clark Construction. The approximate completion date for the $78-million expansion is June 2009. The first three floors are devoted to clinics, the fourth to surgery, and floors five through eight are dedicated to research.
UCSF Medical Center is planning to construct a $1.3-billion hospital campus at its Mission Bay campus in San Francisco. Preliminary planning for a mixed-use, 289-bed hospital at the site is currently under way. The facility will include a 183-bed Children's Hospital, a 36-bed women's facility, and a 70-bed cancer center. The $1.3-billion project cost does not include a planned faculty office building, parking, and additional medical research facilities. The children's hospital and the cancer center will replace facilities at the Parnassus Heights and Mt.
The University of Victoria opened its new $25-million Engineering/Computer Science building in British Columbia in fall of 2006. Designed for sustainability with extensive use of natural light, the six-story, 8,975-square meter facility houses classrooms, teaching labs, lecture halls, and offices. The building features a dual plumbing system that utilizes recycled water from the aquatics facility, low-flush toilets and faucets, waterless urinals, and an HVAC heat recovery system that uses the same water for heating and cooling.
Columbia University Medical Center in New York has received an award from the National Institutes of Health of $54 million over five years to establish the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Columbia is one of twelve academic medical centers in the U.S. to receive this Clinical and Translational Science Award. This funding will support construction that will enable Columbia to expand dedicated clinical/translational research space by 40 percent to a total of 35,000 sf.
Cuyamaca College is constructing a $25-million science and technology facility at its campus in El Cajon, Calif. Slated for completion in January 2007, the two-story, 58,668-sf facility will house ten classrooms, nine physical and life sciences laboratories, computer laboratories, and art laboratories. The construction manager for the project is Gafcon, Inc.
Construction is nearly complete for Grossmont Community College's new $19.7-million, 37,834-square-foot science building in El Cajon, Calif. The two-story facility will house laboratories for biology, chemistry, geology, and oceanography programs. The building will also accommodate faculty offices, a 40-station computer learning center, a greenhouse, and a walled native garden area. The facility completes the science and technology quadrangle, a square of four buildings on the campus that abuts a large open space.
Santiago Canyon College celebrated the grand opening of its 39,900-sf library in Orange, Calif., on September 27, 2006. Designed by LPA Architects of Irvine, Calif., the project features a two-story environmentally–friendly design with space to accommodate 100,000 books. The $15-million facility houses 13 group study rooms, a bibliographic instruction lab, a faculty resource center, audio-visual and information technology support services, and over 75 computer workstations.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine dedicated the 78,000-sf Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory on Oct. 2, 2006. The facility will test for animal diseases including chronic wasting disease, mad cow disease, and avian influenza. The building, which reached completion in September 2006 after two years of construction, includes a self-contained 1,200-sf BSL-3 facility, an electron microscope installed on a floating floor, and a 4,000 pound capacity tissue digester.
The University of Alaska, Anchorage broke ground on the 120,000-sf Integrated Science Building on Sept. 22, 2006. Slated for completion in fall of 2009, the three-story building will house offices, lecture halls, and laboratory space for the departments of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, and biochemistry. The $87-million cost of the facility includes construction, furniture, and some equipment. Designed for flexibility, the building will encourage interaction among faculty and students engaged in undergraduate research.
