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| BAM starts construction on NUI Galway Clinical & Translational Research Facility BAM has started construction on a €20 million Clinical Research Facility and Translational Research Facility (CRF-TRF) at NUI Galway (National University of Ireland). The four-storey 5,345 m² building will facilitate cutting-edge medical research side-by-side with patient care in University Hospital Galway. spliterThis sharing of medical expertise and accommodation including HSE in-patient facilities will help inform new strands of clinical research. The construction period is anticipated to be 16 months and the project will create 125 construction jobs at its peak. The CRF-TRF building is located on the grounds of University Hospital Galway and is directly adjacent to the University's Clinical Science Institute, UHG's Critical Care Facilities, Ward Accommodation Block and the Maternity Wards. The Translational Research Facility will be on the second and third floor of the building and will accommodate open and flexible lab spaces. It will have direct links to the Clinical Science Institute where many of the University's medical students are located, at both ground and second floor levels. The HRB Clinical Research Facility occupies the ground and first floors. This facility will form part of an Irish Network of Clinical Research Facilities which will allow patients access to state of the art clinical research in stem cells, gene therapy, biomaterials and immunology. It will also have a space specially designed for clinical research in regenerative medicine. The CRF will have direct links to the existing hospital at both ground and first floor levels and will be fully owned and operated by the Health Services Executive and University Hospital Galway. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |