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  Trent University - DNA Cluster
Peterborough, ON

Owner: Trent University
Architect: Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners
Lab Planning: Morrison Hershfield Life Sciences
Mechanical & Electrical: SNC Lavalin Pharma
Civil: D. M. Wills Associates Limited
 
  • 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.
     
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