North Carolina Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas, Shadow Lane Biomedical Facility. Budget: $ 5 million. Size: 40,000 ft2 (25,000 ft2 of renovation plus 15,000-ft2 expansion). Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas, Shadow Lane Biomedical Facility. Renovation design: SmithGroup. Photo courtesy of UNLV. Click to enlarge. Project team : SmithGroup Inc., Phoenix (architecture); McCarthy Building Cos. Inc., Las Vegas (contractor). Completion date: 4Q2007. Description: Renovation creates classrooms, labs, and administrative space for biomedical and biotech education and research, involving the nursing and dental schools of UNLV. Design reuses a building that was formerly a state rehabilitation center. An additional 15,000-ft2 floor was created by pouring a new concrete slab, supported by a micropile column system, between the existing 23-ft ceiling and the floor. Contact: Susan Garritano, McCarthy Building Cos., 314-968-3300. Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, Newark. Budget: $32 million. Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, Newark. Design: CUH2A. Click to enlarge. Size: 34,700 ft2 Project team: CUH2A, Princeton, N.J. (architecture/engineering); Dome-Tech, Edison, N.J. (commissioning agent); Torcon Inc., Red Bank, N.J. (construction management). Completion date: 2Q2008. Description: One of 13 NIH/NIAID-funded regional biocontainment labs, the UMDNJ facility will be a freestanding, two-story building with a penthouse-level mechanical room. BSL-2 labs will be provided, as well as BSL-3 labs for work with select agents. A link will be provided to the existing International Center of Public Health, adjacent to the RBL in the University Heights Science Park. Contact: Ellen Randall, CUH2A, 609-791-7249. Purdue Univ., Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology, West Lafayette, Ind. Budget: $30 million Purdue Univ., Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology, West Lafayette, Ind. Design: URS Corp./Moody Nolan/Research Facilities Design. Click to enlarge. Size: 65, 690 ft2. Project team : Project team: URS Corp., Indianapolis (architecture); Moody Nolan Inc., Indianapolis (associate architect, civil engineering); Research Facilities Design, San Diego (lab consultant); URS Corp., Columbus, Ohio (MEP/structural/telecom engineering); Superior Engineering, Hammond, Ind. (civil utilities engineering); Storrow Kinsella Associates Inc., Indianapolis (landscape architecture); Hagerman Construction Corp., Fort Wayne/ Indianapolis, Ind.(general contractor). Completion date: 3Q2009. Description: Building will support Purdue’s Center for Structural Biology research group, and is being built with $16 million in donor support, including a major gift from Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer. Advanced technologies available on-site will include x-ray crystallography, electron cryomicroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, and advanced computational and modeling tools. Facility is the latest in a major science construction push at Purdue that has resulted in new buildings for nanotechnology, biosciences, biomedicical engineering, civil engineering, forestry, and engineering, as well as renovations of multiple existing lab buildings. Contact: Elizabeth Gardner, Purdue Univ., 765-494-2081. West Virginia University, Biomedical and Cancer Research Facility, Morgantown. Budget: $42 million West Virginia University, Biomedical and Cancer Research Facility, Morgantown. Design: Stanley Beaman & Sears Inc./SST Planners. Click to enlarge. Size: 114,000 ft2 . Project team: Stanley Beaman & Sears Inc., Atlanta (architecture, interior design, construction); SST Planners, Arlington, Va. (programming, lab planning); Newcomb & Boyd Consultants and Engineers, Atlanta (MEP engineering); Stanley D. Lindsey & Associates, Atlanta (structural engineer ing); Triad Engineering, Morgantown (civil engineering); Hughes Goode O’Leary & Ryan, Atlanta (landscape architecture); March-Westin, Morgantown (contractor). Completion date: Summer 2008 Description: Building will house modular, flexible research laboratories (wet and dry) for the Sensory Neuroscience Research Center and other biomedical and cancer research programs. Spaces will include translational labs, specialized lab support, an imaging suite, and a renovated vivarium in an adjacent building. The project is located on the WVU Health Sciences Center campus and is part of a master plan initiative to expand biomedical scientific and cancer research facilities at Morgantown. Contact: Chris Cowansage, RA, LEED AP, SST Planners, 703-875-8787 ext. 2. Wesleyan College, Munroe Science Center, Macon, Ga. Budget: $12.5 million. Size: 42,000 ft2 Wesleyan College, Munroe Science Center, Macon, Ga. Design: Lord, Aeck & Sargent and Dunwody/Beeland Architects. Image: walterelliott.com. Click to enlarge. Project team: Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Atlanta (architect of record); Dunwody/Beeland Architects, Macon (associate architect); Nottingham, Brook & Pennington Engineers, Macon (MEP/FP engineering); Carter & Sloope Inc., Macon (civil engineering); Pi-Tech Inc., Macon (structural engineering); Waveguide Consulting, Atlanta (AV consulting); Wimberly Treadwell, Macon (landscape design); The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Atlanta (construction management). Completion date: 3Q2007. Description: Wesleyan’s first new academic building in 40 years, the Munroe Center comprises classroom, office, and teaching and research laboratory space in two wings, with a public gathering space in the center. A third floor includes a rooftop greenhouse and astronomy platform, and an enclosed mechanical penthouse. The building houses the biology and chemistry departments and part of the psychology department. The Georgian-style architecture reflects the context of the campus, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sustainability features include extensive use of local materials and plantings, as well as energy- and water-saving devices. Contact: Anne Taylor, Lord, Aeck & Sargent, 404-253-6710. Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSWMC) Phase 5, North Research Campus, Dallas. Budget: $n.a. Size: 379,950 ft2. Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSWMC) Phase 5, North Research Campus, Dallas. Design: Omniplan/John M.Y. Lee. Click to enlarge. Project team: Omniplan, Dallas (executive architect responsible for design of building shell and core and lab finish-out); John M.Y. Lee, Dallas (consulting architect and planner); Earl Walls Associates (now X-nth), San Diego (laboratory planner); Shah Smith Associates, Houston (MEP engineering); Datum Gojer Engineers, Dallas (structural engineering); Albert H. Halff Associates Inc., Dallas (civil engineering); The Office of Christopher Miller, Dallas (landscape architect); contractor TBA. Completion date: Tentatively set for the fourth quarter of 2010. Description: As the first building on the north side of a waterway dividing UTSWMC’s North Campus, this 12-story facility will set the organizational pattern and architectural language of the remaining six phases of the master plan.  The design and construction of Phase 5 is divided into two portions. The building shell and core is designed around a general laboratory layout. Once specific principal investigators are selected to work in the facility, the layout of the laboratories will be designed in response to each investigator’s specific requirements. The floors and stairways are organized to promote spontaneous collaboration and interaction. Each typical lab floor can accommodate up to eight PIs and their staff. Contact: Cari K. Walls, Omniplan, 214-826-7080. California State Univ.-Northridge, science building. Budget: $46 million. California State Univ.-Northridge, science building. Design: Cannon Design/Research Facilities Design. Click to enlarge. Size: 90,000 ft2. Project team: Cannon Design (architecture); Research Facilities Design, San Diego (lab consultant); Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, Los Angeles (MEP engineering); Saiful/Bouquet Structural Engineers Inc., Pasadena, Calif. (structural engineering); Wheeler & Gray Inc., Pasadena (civil engineering); Pamela Burton & Co., Santa Monica, Calif. (landscape architecture); P2S Engineering, Long Beach, Calif. (telecom/IT consultant); Davis Langdon, Santa Monica, Calif. (cost consultant); Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co., Los Angeles (contractor). Completion date for both: 1Q2009. Description: Four-story building will provide a home for interdisciplinary science, and will feature 13 “smart” lecture rooms; faculty offices; nine teaching labs; 18 research labs; and labs for DNA, immunology, electron microscopy, and DNA sequencing. Other program elements include a stellar observatory, which will be relocated from an existing facility; a biology stockroom; a genetic counseling unit; an herbarium/insect/vertebrate collection; and a clean lab for the geology department. Two large lecture rooms will accommodate up to 150 students apiece. Departments to be supported include biology and mathematics. “Green” design features include water-conserving fixtures, daylighting, reflective roof materials, and drought-tolerant landscaping. Contact: Craig Hamilton, Cannon, 310-229-2700. Univ. of Toledo (Ohio), Pharmacy Building. Budget: $15 million. Size: 43,000 ft2 Project team: Poggemeyer Design Group, Toledo (architecture/engineering); Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, St. Louis (planning, lab consulting); contractor TBA. Completion date:2009-2010. Description: Facility will expand research capabilities for the College of Pharmacy, which has outgrown available space on the main campus in Wolfe Hall. The new building will be on the health science campus, previously the Medical Univ. of Ohio before a merger in 2005. Contact: S. Sonny Hamizadeh, AIA, Poggemeyer Design Group, 419-352-7537. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Los Alamos and Sandia national labs, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies facilities, Los Alamos and Albuquerque, N.M. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Los Alamos and Sandia national labs, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies facilities, Los Alamos (left) and Albuquerque (right), N.M. Photos: Nick Merrick @ Hedrich Blessing. Budget: $75 million (combined). Size: 35,600-ft2 at Los Alamos and 96,000-ft2 facility at Sandia. Project team: HDR Architecture, Omaha, Neb., and Hensel-Phelps Construction, Greeley, Colo. (design/build team including full architectural, engineering, and construction services). Completion date for both: 3Q2006. Description: Two-building DOE Nanoscale Science Research Center user facility includes a lab building at Los Alamos and a Core Facility at Sandia. The CINT Gateway to Los Alamos building will house scientists, postdocs, tech staff, and visiting researchers, and features ~11,000-ft2 of labs, plus related offices. Focuses include chemical and biological synthesis and characterization; optical microscopy and spectroscopy; physical synthesis; thin-film fabrication; spatially resolved scanned probe characterization; and advanced computation. Principal occupants will be staff from the bioscience, chemistry, materials science and technology, and theoretical divisions. The CINT Sandia Core Facility, which is LEED certified, houses labs and state-of-the-art instrumentation, with a focus on nanomaterials and nanofabrication. Three distinct lab modules are punctuated by two courtyards and connected by a main corridor.   The Sandia facility was named as a recipient in the Best of 2007 Awards, public green building category, by Southwest Contractor magazine. Contact: Katie Sosnowchik, HDR, 402-926-7080. Univ. of Louisville (Ky.), Center for Predictive Medicine. Budget: $34.6 million. Univ. of Louisville (Ky.) Center for Predictive Medicine. Design: CUH2A/Nolan & Nolan Inc.Click to enlarge. Size: 38,000 ft2. Project team: CUH2A, Princeton (architecture/engineering); Nolan & Nolan Inc., Louisville (affiliated architect); Dunaway Engineering Inc., Louisville (civil engineering); Tetra Tech, Louisville (threat assessment, blast mitigation, and environmental design); Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, Guelph, Ontario (wind analysis); Shen Milsom & Wilke, New York City (acoustic/vibration consultant); DMS International, Kensington, Md. (cost estimating); Messer Construction Co., Louisville (general contractor). Completion date for both: 4Q2008. Description: NIH/NIAID-funded regional biocontainment lab will develop vaccines and other countermeasures to fight bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases. Initial focuses will include tularemia and antibiotic-resistant TB. Features include BSL-3 labs and advanced scanning capabilities for use with rodents. Facility is on track for LEED Silver certification. Contact: Ellen Randall, CUH2A, 609-791-7249.