Construction commences on Carleton University’s new health sciences building
By Alex Robinson
Ottawa East News, Dec 16, 2015
Carleton University has started building a new $52-million health sciences building.
The university announced on Dec. 14 that construction work has begun on the seven-storey structure that will house academic facilities on campus for both the health sciences and neuroscience departments.
“The new health sciences building will be a great addition to our campus as we continue to provide the best research facilities possible for our researchers and our students,” said Roseann O’Reilly Runte, the university’s president.
“The building will house lab-intensive programs which will be accommodated with large, open labs – rather than small rooms.”
Once built, the building will accommodate the school’s growing health sciences and neuroscience programs and will have “the latest technology in high-quality teaching labs.”
The large new labs will have an open concept and will house collaborating researchers who will be primarily focused on infectious diseases and healthy ageing.
“The idea is that many researchers will be sharing those large spaces,” said John Stead, chairman of the university’s neuroscience department.
“It will make it easier for research groups to expand and contract over time. Because we are all going to be working in that same space, it will make cross-pollination between labs and researchers much easier.”
It will also have large lecture theatres and support offices.
The 120,000-square-foot building will be built on the site of a parking lot just west of Campus Avenue and will be part of the university’s plan to phase out its surface parking lots and replace them with green and public space.
The university has also applied to build a new 14-storey residence on campus, but a spokesman for Carleton said the plan has been put on hold for a year while the school evaluates demand.
Carleton University expects the health sciences building will be ready for August 2017
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