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| KBR to construct Medicago's new facility US-based engineering firm KBR announced that its Building Group has been awarded a contract by Alexandria Real Estate Equities for the construction of Medicago's new 90,000-square-foot Vaccine Research and Production Facility/Greenhouse in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The contract is valued at approximately $19 million. Site work is underway. Medicago's plant-based commercial grade vaccines facility will include an automated greenhouse, extensive laboratory, production facility and office space with the project's total investment expected to exceed $32 million. Scheduled for completion in July 2011, the project is being managed from the Building Group's Raleigh office. The project has received substantial federal funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) through a $21 million research grant to improve the process of producing large quantities of H1N1 vaccine. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |