|
|
|
|
| |
- 88,000 ft2,
$25M science enabled facility housing research labs, commercialization
facilities and offices;
- OPM was
retained by Trent to develop a cost effective and highly functional
building solution to house the institutional, government and private
sector users who will occupy this project;
- OPM have
lead the project team through initial concept design and site
selection, feasibility analysis, site plan approval, base building
design, functional programming and interior fit-out design and
budget and schedule development. Construction will commence in
Spring 2005;
- The vision
for the Greater Peterborough Region DNA Cluster is driven by DNA
research, as led by Trent University, and the commercialization
potential of such research. The foundation of the DNA Cluster
lies in the strengths of its primary partners. The Natural Resources
DNA Profiling and Forensic Centre is a laboratory partnership
between Trent and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. This
partnership has considerable expertise in DNA and forensic research
and services in support of natural resource management and conservation
through the application of comprehensive genetic information on
wildlife, fish, plants and forests. The Natural Resources DNA
Profiling and Forensic Centre is also a globally recognized centre
for expertise in the development of robotics and laboratory information
systems associated with high volume throughput DNA profiling;
- Flemming
College with campuses in both Peterborough and Lindsay is also
a significant partner in this project through the joint training
of future skilled technicians in the teaching facilities contained
within the DNA Cluster Project and the application of Flemming's
expertise in Geomatics and Global Information Systems (“GIS”)
technologies in forensic work involving DNA.
|
|
