Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, research expansion facility, Port St. Lucie, Fla. Budget: $ 40 million (Canadian). Size: 100, 000 ft2 . Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, research expansion facility, Port St. Lucie, Fla. Design: Kimley-Horn/Perkins+Will. Click to enlarge. Project team: Kimley-Horn, West Palm Beach (architecture, civil engineering, landscape architecture); Perkins + Will, Coral Gables, Fla. (associate architect); Affiliated Engineers Inc., Gainesville, Fla. (MEP engineering); O’Donnell, Naccarato, Mignogna & Jackson, West Palm Beach (structural engineering); Suffolk Construction Co., West Palm Beach, Fla. (design/build contractor, project manager). Completion date: 4Q2008. Description: Relocation of La Jolla, Calif.-based independent biotech research organization will create a lab in the new Tradition mixed-use development. Twenty acres of land was donated by Tradition developer Core Communities for the Torrey Pines facility. Research focuses include study and treatment of major medical conditions, including multiple sclerosis, AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, pain, arthritis, heart disease, and cancer. A $100 million state and local incentive package covers complete construction costs as well as some support for operating costs. LEED certification is being sought, possibly at the Silver level. Project includes a three-story building plus mechanical penthouse. The Torrey Pines project bolsters Florida’s efforts to become a biotech hub, which also are reflected in the massive Scripps Florida project in Jupiter as well as the Burnam Institute’s recent decision to build in Orlando. Contact: Amy Brunjes for Suffolk Construction, 561-575-3288. NextEnergy Corp., Alternative Fuel Testing Platform (Phases 3 and 4), Detroit. Budget: $785,000. NextEnergy Corp., Alternative Fuel Testing Platform (Phase 2 fueling station shown), Detroit. Design: Albert Kahn Associates. Click to enlarge. Size: 4,000 ft2 Project team: Albert Kahn Associates, Detroit (architecture/engineering); DeMaria Building Co., Detroit (general contractor). Completion date: 2Q2007. Description: The Alternative Fuel Platform is a research facility dedicated to testing on hydrogen-powered automobiles, and could become a model for future fueling stations of this type in the U.S. The infrastructure includes production, storage, and fueling systems. Participating funding organizations include British Petroleum, DaimlerChrysler, NextEnergy, and the U.S. Dept. of Energy. The current phases include construction of a permanent hydrogen storage unit for the fueling station component created in phase 2; masonry walls; concrete slabs; electrical and mechanical connections; and demolition of a temporary hydrogen storage facility. Contact: Dann McDonald, DeMaria Building Co., 248-596-2264. Duke Univ. Medical Center, Global Health Research Building, Durham, N.C. Duke Univ. Medical Center, Global Health Research Building, Durham, N.C. Design: Hillier Architecture.Click to enlarge. Budget: $22.4 million Size: 47,000 ft2 new construction plus 33,145 ft2 renovation. Project team : Hillier Architecture, Princeton, N.J. (architecture); Bard, Rao + Athanas, New York, N.Y. (MEP engineering); John R. McAdams, Charlotte, N.C. (civil engineering); Greenman-Pedersen Inc., Scranton, Penn. (structural engineering); Haden Stanziale, Durham (landscape architecture); Bovis Lend Lease, Princeton, N.J. (general contractor). Completion date: 1Q2007. Description: NIH-funded Regional Biocontainment Laboratory is designed for research as well as providing additional resources during public health crises, such as pandemics, which might overwhelm existing diagnostic facilities. The high-security BSL-2 and -3 facility will host researchers from Duke as well as North Carolina Central Univ., the Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State Univ., and other cooperating organizations throughout the Southeast. Respiratory and pox viruses will be a special focus at the lab, which includes special power-backup and structural features for hurricane and tornado resistance. Contact: Steve Gifford, Hillier Architecture, 212-629-4100. Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, Fitzsimons Bioscience East Renovation, Aurora, Colo. Budget: n.a. Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, Fitzsimons Bioscience East Renovation, Aurora, Colo. Design: RNL Design.Click to enlarge. Size:25,000-ft2 Project team: RNL Design, Denver (architecture, interior design, landscape architecture); BCER Engineering Inc., Arvada, Colo. (MEP engineering); Howell Construction, Denver (general contractor). Completion date: Summer 2006 Description: Renovation of one-story building created an “accelerator” facility for growing biotech companies that have outgrown existing incubator or office space, yet need to retain ties to the research campus. The facility is located in the 600-acre Fitzsimons development, being created from the former Fitzsimons Army Hospital. Current tenants include the Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Univ. of Colorado Hospital, and The Children’s Hospital; the site also hosts a 160-acre biotech research park. The Bioscience East project, once an optical fabrication lab, included a new entry and lobby and common facilities, plus a major HVAC renovation. The interior was left as shell space for tenant improvements to create labs and offices. Contact: Philip Macey, AIA, RNL Design, 303-295-1717. MEDRAD, corporate center, Marshall Township, Pa. Budget: $13 million. MEDRAD, corporate center, Marshall Township, Pa. Design: IDC Architects.Click to enlarge. Size: 125,000 ft2 Project team: IDC Architects (a CH2M-Hill Co.), Pittsburgh (architecture, interior design, MEP engineering); CEC/Civil Engineering Consultants, Pittsburgh (civil/geotechnical/testing engineering); Paragon, (a CH2M-Hill Co.), Phoenix (structural engineering); CBRE, Pittsburgh (development manager); PJDick, Pittsburgh (construction manager). Completion date: 1Q2007. Description: Developer of medical devices and services has created a new corporate center in the Tech 21 Research Park, which includes offices, training room, food service, a data center, and a call center. The site supports creation of products for markets including cardiovascular/angiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and syringes/disposables. Contact: Brian Mershon, CH2M-Hill, 864-599-4508. China Basin Landing Bioscience Addition, San Francisco. Budget: $90 million. China Basin Landing Bioscience Addition, San Francisco. Design: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum. Click to enlarge. Size: 175,000 ft2. Project team(all of San Francisco): Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (architecture, MEP engineering); Simpson Gumpertz and Heger (structural engineering); Hathaway Dinwiddie (general contractor). Completion date: 4Q2007. Description: Two-story life science addition expands existing building owned by a partnership of RREEF and McCarthy Cook & Co., near the Univ. of California-San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus. The tenant facility offers 72,000 ft2 contiguous floorplates and a flexible plan, and is being constructed atop an existing occupied building using a structural interfloor base-isolation system. The facility is designed to accommodate research labs, diagnostic and clinical facilities, and corporate offices. An interstitial space between the existing building and addition will house mechanical and plumbing systems and provide duct and chase area for special tenant applications. Contact: David Bendet, AIA, LEED AP, HOK,415-356-8597. Univ. of Alberta, Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS), Phase 2, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Budget: $205 million. Univ. of Alberta, Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS), Phase 2, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Design: Flad & Associates/O’Neill, O’Neill, Procinsky Architecture. Rendering: O’NPA/Flad. Click to enlarge. Size: 563,000 ft2 Project team: Flad & Associates, Madison, Wis., and O’Neill, O’Neill, Procinsky Architecture, Edmonton (architecture team); Hemisphere/Stantec, Edmonton (MP engineering); Stantec, Edmonton (electrical and civil engineering); Read Jones Christoffersen, Edmonton (structural engineering); Sextant Group, Pittsburgh, and RHSAL, Calgary, Alberta (AV/ information technology consultants); Theakston, Fergus, Ontario (wind and gas dispersion consultant); HGC Engineering, Mississauga, Ontario (acoustical/vibration consultant); VitaTech Engineering LLC, Springfield, Va. (EMI consultant); Vertech, Vancouver, British Columbia (vertical transportation consultant); Schuler Shook, Minneapolis (lighting design); PCL Construction Management Inc., Edmonton (construction management). Completion date: 2Q2010. Description: The CCIS facility, located at the head of the Univ. of Alberta’s historic quadrangle, will serve as a functional and symbolic crossroads for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. The interdisciplinary research building will include classrooms and teaching lab functions to support 3,000 students, and research labs for ~1,100 faculty and graduate students. Functions housed at the CCIS include physics; planetary dynamics; integrated earth and landscape management; proteomics; resource geosciences; and nanostructures, as well as faculty offices. LEED Silver status is being targeted, with green strategies including heat recovery, radiant cooling, rainwater harvesting, use of gray water for irrigation, and energy modeling. Contact: Laura Serebin, Flad & Associates, 608-323-1362.