Gilbane Selected as Construction Manager for New Life Sciences Building At Brown University.Business/Construction/Education Editors PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000 Gilbane Building Company of Providence, R.I., has been selected as construction manager for a new 186,000-square-foot Life Sciences Building. The facility, 70 percent of which will be laboratory space, will combine the departments of cognitive and linguistic sciences, molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller , cell biology Cell biology The study of the activities, functions, properties, and structures of cells. Cells were discovered in the middle of the seventeenth century after the microscope was invented. , biochemistry and neuroscience in one building. This teaching and research building will also house Brown's new brain sciences program. The Brown/Gilbane relationship spans over 90 years, 18 projects, 2.5 million square feet and $90 million in construction value. Gilbane is currently America's No. 1 builder of educational facilities according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Engineering News-Record Engineering News-Record (widely known as ENR) is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide. It has been published since 1874. It is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies. . Gilbane is a full-service construction and real estate development company. Gilbane (www.gilbaneco.com) is a leader in serving the educational, criminal justice, pharmaceutical, public assembly, healthcare, aviation, corporate and advanced technologies markets nationwide. Note to Editors: Photo available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.021600/bb7 |
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