U of A Health Sciences Breaks Ground on Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies

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Construction is underway on the new building that will house the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies on the Phoenix Bioscience Core in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. CAMI will anchor an innovation district that aims to establish the Phoenix Bioscience Core as a hub of cell and gene therapy research, startup activity and corporate engagement. Located at the corner of Seventh and Fillmore streets, CAMI will be adjacent to the Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building that houses the U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix. A groundbreaking was held recently for the more than 200,000-square-foot, … Read more

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University of Arizona Launches World’s Largest Thermal Vacuum Chamber within Collegiate Research

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The University of Arizona recently unveiled the Applied Research Building’s Thermal Vacuum Chamber, the world’s largest of its kind housed within a collegiate research facility. Weighing 40 tons and extending 30 feet, the TV Chamber is designed for testing nanosatellites under replicated atmospheric temperature and pressure conditions found within the space and near-space environment. The TV Chamber provides incredible accuracy in simulation, ensuring the greatest confidence in materials testing. This technology represents one of the primary features within the ARB. With the complexity of the TV Chamber, the Design-Build partnership between SmithGroup and general contractor McCarthy Building Companies Inc., sequenced … Read more

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Turner, JV Partner Walsh Construction Top Out $900M Hospital Project

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Turner Construction Company and Joint Venture partner Walsh Construction celebrated the topping out of the $900-million Louisville VA Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The ceremony was attended by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, other state and local officials, and representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The Louisville VA Medical Center will offer 104 beds to care for the 45,000 veterans in the area. It will include a Women’s Health Clinic, a utility plant and parking structures. The main hospital facility will consist of two buildings connected by an atrium-like concourse. The 910,000-square-foot project … Read more

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CAMI Selects Design-Build Team

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The University of Arizona Health Sciences has selected the design-build team of McCarthy + SmithGroup to develop the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, or CAMI, a biomedical research hub focused on developing biological therapies that stimulate or suppress the immune system to fight disease, located in Phoenix, Arizona. The CAMI building is anticipated to be seven stories tall with more than 200,000 square feet of laboratory, administrative and seminar space. The laboratory space will accommodate up to 40 principal investigator-led research groups and include labs suitable for bioengineering research. November 2024 is the anticipated groundbreaking date for the … Read more

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UC Davis Health, DPR Construction Tops Out 48X Complex

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The DPR Construction and SmithGroup design-build team topped out the UC Davis Health 48X Complex, a new four-story, 268,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center in Sacramento, California. In addition to hoisting and placing the final piece of steel, the event featured a celebratory luncheon for construction workers, trade partners and key stakeholders. 48X is a key piece of UC Davis Health’s strategy to serve the community and help address the ambulatory operating room capacity shortage at the university’s main hospital. Located at 48th and X streets, the center will blend advanced medical technologies with a human-centered approach to patient care. The complex … Read more

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