Research and Development

King Abdullah Petroleum Study and Research Center is constructing a 3.8 million-sf mixed-use research complex Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The project is expected to attain LEED Platinum sustainable design certification and is slated for completion in 2011. The KAPSARC development will include petroleum research facilities as well as residential, community, and commercial space. HOK is the architect for the project with Syska Hennessy as engineer and Aramco as general contractor.

The University of Connecticut Health Center was awarded $7.9 million in March of 2010 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to renovate the Center for Laboratory Animal Care in Farmington. The project will provide modernized laboratories and care facilities for animal science instruction and research.

Princeton University began construction in March of 2010 on the Neuroscience and Psychology Buildings in Princeton, N.J. Designed by José Rafael Moneo Arquitecto of Madrid, the $180 million complex will house the interdisciplinary Princeton Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Psychology. The 248,000-gsf project will provide research facilities, faculty offices, conference rooms, and instructional space. A joint-use facility at the lowest level of the neuroscience facility will house advanced imaging and microscopy labs including three fMRI suites.

Aurora College broke ground in March of 2010 on the $11 million Western Arctic Research Institute in Inuvik, Canada. Located in the Northwest Territories two degrees above the Arctic Circle, the sustainably-designed facility will house three flexible laboratories that can be adapted into classrooms, conference rooms, space for visiting researchers, and a workshop. Completion is expected in March of 2011.

MEMSIC completed construction in March of 2010 on its new R&D and manufacturing complex in Wuxi, China. The 224,000-sf project is comprised of a 130,000-sf manufacturing facility and a 94,000-sf R&D center. MEMSIC is a MEMS sensing solution provider.

The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory broke ground on a BSL-3 laboratory in Amarillo in March of 2010. The addition and renovation project is slated for completion in early 2011. The facility will support rapid response to agricultural or zoonotic disease threats.

Pennsylvania State University was awarded $14.8 million in stimulus funding in March of 2010 to construct a biocontainment laboratory in University Park. The 20,000-sf laboratory will support research on infectious diseases and pathogens. Construction will begin in early 2011 and reach completion within two years.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was awarded nearly $15 million in stimulus funding in March of 2010 to renovate laboratories at its main campus in Baltimore. The project will created updated labs in the 45-year old Hume Wing. Construction will begin in late summer of 2011.

Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories initiated a $4.2 million expansion and renovation of its research facilities in Columbia, Mo., in early spring of 2010. The project will provide laboratories for the company's chemical division. Completion is expected in June of 2010. The general contractor for the project is ARCO Construction of St. Louis.

The National Cancer Institute is building the $250 million Advanced Technology Research Facility in Frederick, Md. Construction began on the project in fall of 2009 with completion expected in 2012. Located in the Riverside Research Park, the 330,000-sf biomedical research building will house laboratories and offices. The National Cancer Institute is managed by the National Institutes of Health.

Pioneer Hi-bred, a subsidiary of DuPont, will begin construction in September of 2010 on a $40 million expansion of its research facilities in Johnston, Iowa. Supporting research and development in plant genetics, the 200,000-sf project will house laboratories in multiple connected buildings. Occupancy is slated for early 2012.

The College of the Holy Cross celebrated the opening of the $63 million Integrated Science Complex in March of 2010. Located in Worcester, Mass., the four-story facility provides 142,000 gsf of new and renovated classroom, lecture, research, and laboratory space. Designed to foster interaction and collaboration, the interdisciplinary complex includes an atrium, conference rooms, and shared equipment suites. The Integrated Science Complex is comprised of the Park B. and Linda Smith Laboratories and the renovated Haberlin Hall.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will begin construction in fall of 2010 on an expansion of its genomics data center. Doubling the size of the existing 16,000-sf facility, the completed 32,000-sf building will house advanced sequencing and bioinformatics technologies. The project is supported by $14.3 million in stimulus funding from the National Center for Research Resources.

India’s National Institute of Virology is building a BSL-4 laboratory in Pune, Maharashtra. The facility is slated for completion in December of 2010. The lab will provide research facilities for the study of infectious diseases and pathogens including H1N1.

The University of Alaska Anchorage is planning to construct the $20 million Girdwood Renewable Energy Research and Discovery Center. Supporting research on renewable energy technologies such as small-scale hydropower systems, the project will include field sites for instream hydrokinetic, tidal, and micro-hydropower turbine testing. The center will also house education, training, and testing facilities.