The University of North Texas will begin construction on the Nanofabrication Analysis and Research Facility in November of 2010. Located in Denton at Discovery Park, the $6.4 million project will support research in nanotechnology and materials science with 10 laboratories housing advanced instrumentation. The project is supported by $1 million in funding from the National Science Foundation.
Clarian Health will break ground in November of 2010 on a $192 million research complex in Indianapolis. Occupying nearly six blocks, the five-building project includes construction of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence and administrative offices. Occupancy is expected in 2012. The project developer is Shiel Sexton.
SAFC completed a 50,000-sf expansion of its Jerusalem bioprocessing facility in October of 2010. The project houses cGMP fermentation suites for the production of recombinant proteins and small molecules. The expansion includes a 30,000-sf BSL-2 facility.
The University of California, Los Angeles opened the 9,700-sf Integrated Systems Nanofabrication Cleanroom (ISNC) at the California Nanosystems Institute in October of 2010. Providing Class 100 and Class 1,000 research space for the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, the facility features two integrated bio-suite bays for work with biological samples. The ISNC houses $8 million in equipment, including an electron beam writer and an ASML optical stepper.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa will break ground on the $120 million Cancer Research Center on October 28, 2020. Located in the Kakaako area of Honolulu, the six-story, 150,000-sf facility will house advanced biomedical research laboratories and offices. The building was designed by Shimokawa Nakamura of Honolulu in partnership with ZGF Architects of Los Angeles and Jacobs Consultancy of New York. The lead contractor is A.C. Kobayashi Construction of Honolulu.
The Hospital for Sick Children is constructing the $400 million Research & Learning Tower Toronto. The 21-story, 750,000-sf facility was designed by Diamond & Schmitt Architects and HDR with EllisDon as general contractor. Housing interdisciplinary research labs, instructional space, and conference rooms, the sustainably designed tower will be built to attain LEED Gold certification. The facility will feature open, flexible labs for team research with a mixture of wet and dry benches to promote collaboration.
The University of Louisville dedicated the $44 million Center for Predictive Medicine in October of 2010. Located on the ShelbyHurst research park in East Louisville, the 50,000-sf project is an NIH-funded Regional Biodefense Laboratory and houses BSL-3 facilities for the study of emerging infectious diseases. The facility was built by Messer of Cincinnati with International Commissioning Engineers as commissioning agent. Ground was broken on the facility in 2006.
The University of Florida broke ground on the $44 million Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona in Orlando in October of 2010. Housing biomedical research laboratories and instructional space for the College of Pharmacy, the 100,000-sf facility is slated for occupancy in summer of 2012. The UF Institute of Therapeutic Innovation, an interdisciplinary biomedical research initiative, will be headquartered in the building.
The Translational Research Institute (TRI) began construction on its $360 million medical complex in Brisbane in October of 2010. Located adjacent to Princess Alexandra Hospital, the TRI will house integrated facilities for the discovery, production, clinical testing, and manufacture of new biopharmaceuticals and therapies. The complex was designed by Wilson Architects and Donovan Hill with Watpac Construction as general contractor. Occupancy is expected in October of 2012.
Pfizer completed construction of the Monoclonal Antibodies Small Scale Facility in October of 2010 in Ringaskiddy, Ireland. The cGMP facility will manufacture, purify, formulate, and bulk fill mammalian culture derived proteins for clinical trials. Establishing a biotechnology manufacturing center of excellence, the Small Scale Facility provides 5,500 liters of bioreactor capacity. The architect for the sustainably designed project was Fluor of Greenville, S.C., with Jacobs Engineering as construction manager.
Utah State University opened the $60 million BioInnovations Buildings in North Logan in October of 2010. Housing three research teams for the Utah Science, Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative, the 110,000-sf facility provides a BSL-3 suite, laboratories, a nanofabrication facility, a vivarium, offices, and incubator space. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the building. Ground was broken on the project in October of 2008.
Cornell University will open the $143 million Physical Sciences Building in November of 2010. The four-story, 197,000-sf facility provides classrooms, faculty offices, teaching labs, a 120-seat amphitheater, and an atrium. A basement level houses research laboratories for the departments of Physics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Applied and Engineering Physics. Constructed on isolated slabs, the labs are built to minimize vibration and interference from electromagnetic fields.
Rockefeller University opened the Collaborative Research Center in fall of 2010. Designed by Mitchell Giurgola Architects, the $380 million project included construction of a new facility connecting two existing buildings and extensive laboratory renovations. The center supports interdisciplinary research in microbiology, immunology, and other disciplines. The facility was built by Turner Construction.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a total of $50 million in funding in October of 2010 to support the construction of scientific research facilities. The grants include:
The University of Michigan will begin construction in spring of 2011 on the $46 million Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering in Ann Arbor. Supported by $9.5 million in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the three-story, 62,800-sf facility will house faculty offices and 60 laboratory modules for the study of nanoengineering, imaging and optics, materials, biosystems, micro-bioengineering, mechanics and mechanical testing, and microdynamics. Completion is expected in May of 2012.
