The Department of Energy is planning a $1 billion expansion of the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. A second target station will be constructed at the pulsed neutron scattering facility with completion slated for 2020. The project will support materials science and microscale biological research.
Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center broke ground in January of 2009 on the $18.2 million Clinical Research Building in Baton Rouge, La. The 90,000-sf, four-story facility will support translational research for disease treatment and prevention. The project contractor is Milton J. Womack of Baton Rouge. Completion is expected in July of 2010.
The University of Adelaide is building a $103 million engineering facility on its North Terrace Campus in Adelaide, South Australia. The nine-story building is expected to reach completion in 2010. The project contractor is Hindmarsh Construction. The sustainably-designed facility will feature advanced building performance monitoring equipment. Additionally, the University will begin construction in July of 2009 on the $31 million Centre of Photonics to support optical fibre and lasers research. Completion is expected in three years.
The University of Massachusetts, Lowell is planning to construct the $100 million Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC). Designed by CUH2A, the 100,000-sf project will house academic instruction, bio- and nano-manufacturing space, R&D laboratories, and a business incubator. LEED Silver certification for sustainable design will be sought for the facility.
Florida Atlantic University initiated construction in January of 2009 on a $30 million research facility in Davie. The 75,000-sf project will support research on the Everglades region and will be shared with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The sustainably-designed facility is sited on 25 acres and is slated for completion in fall of 2010.
The Department of Energy has approved the construction of the $912 million National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Construction will begin in 2009 and reach completion in 2015. The facility will be a medium-energy storage ring delivering leading-edge brightness and flux and exceptional beam stability. The project will support multidisciplinary research in advanced materials, nanotechnology, condensed matter, materials physics, chemistry, and biology.
The Department of Homeland Security has selected Manhattan, Kansas, as the site for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. Located at Kansas State University (KSU), the $650 million, 500,000-sf laboratory will accommodate research on zoonotic and foreign animal diseases. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will be comprised of two laboratory buildings and four outbuildings. The main lab will provide BSL-2, BSL-3, BSL-3Ag, and BSL-4 space with the second lab building housing small-scale vaccine and reagent production.
Abbott celebrated the opening of its new pharmaceutical research and development laboratory in Buona Vista, Singapore, in January of 2008. Located in the Biopolis research park, the facility is Abbott’s first R&D center in Southeast Asia and will support research on active pharmaceutical ingredients. Abbott is also building a nutritional product manufacturing plant in Singapore.
The University of Kentucky is planning to construct the $18.6 million Davis Marksbury Building in Lexington. Housing research in visualization, computer science, and electrical and computer engineering, the building represents Phase II of the Digital Village complex. The 25,000-sf project will provide space for the UK Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Computer Science.
Florida State University opened the $20 million High-Performance Materials Institute in January of 2009. Located in Innovation Park in Tallahassee, the facility houses research and development laboratories for advanced composite materials, components, and structures. Designed by Ponikvar & Associates of Gainesville, the High-Performance Materials Institute includes a high-bay manufacturing lab, a vibration-isolated slab for microscopes, and a cleanroom. The two-story, 45,000-sf project was built by Culpepper Construction.
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research completed a $50 million expansion of its headquarters in Manhasset, N.Y., in January of 2009. The project is comprised of a 56,250-sf wing supporting translational research.
Royal DSM N.V. opened the DSM China regional headquarters and R&D campus in January of 2009. The 26,000-sm facility is located in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai and has attained LEED Gold sustainable design certification. Royal DSM N.V., a life and materials sciences company based in the Heerlen, Netherlands, will house 600 employees in the new facility.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will relocate the Brain Sciences Institute to 25,000 sf of laboratory space in the John G. Rangos Sr. Building in Baltimore. Located in the Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins, the project was developed by Forest City-New East Baltimore Partnership. The facility will be the center of the Institute's operations as well as housing labs and offices for the NeuroTranslational Program.
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies opened its $40 million headquarters and biomedical research facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in January of 2009. Located in the Florida Center for Innovation at Tradition, the 103,000-sf facility was built by Suffolk Construction Co. Ground was broken for the project in March of 2007. Construction began in February of 2008 and reached completion in September of 2008, three months ahead of schedule.
California-based Mann Research Center is planning to construct a $100 million life sciences complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The 400,000-sf research facility will be located in the Florida Center for Innovation at Tradition.
