{"id":7621,"date":"2006-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/uncategorized\/breaking-ground-at-irb-bis-3\/"},"modified":"2006-07-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-16T22:00:00","slug":"breaking-ground-at-irb-bis-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/news\/breaking-ground-at-irb-bis-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Ground at IRB \u201cBIS\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-publication\"><span>on<\/span> <span class=\"date-display-single\">July 17, 2006<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWork has begun on the transformation of an abandoned gardening store into a state-of-the-art research facility and P3 laboratory. The need for specialized laboratory space has been critical for some time, and expansion was identified by the Scientific Advisory Board as \u201cof strategic importance\u201d during their review of the IRB in the fall of this year.&nbsp;The Helmut Horten Foundation, sensitive to the role this new facility will play in the future of the IRB, has made a generous commitment to the project. The city of Bellinzona has also expressed vital support of the new facility in via Murate as part of the long-term development of a \u201cResearch Campus\u201d in Bellinzona. Early in 2006 the IRB Foundation Council took on the challenging task of finding a new location when initial plans to restructure the Gallera Building were deemed prohibitively expensive.Many options were explored including green-field sites or&nbsp;existing structures. After a lengthy search, the ex-Coop \u201cfai da te\u201d store, only a short walk from the IRB, was chosen.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/news-irb-bis-skyview.png\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 145px\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/news-irb-is-makeover-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Front view of the building<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n\tLocal engineer and builder, Gianfranco Ghidossi, who will transform the building according to IRB needs, owns the building. Dr. Fabio Grassi has been deeply involved in the project, identifying the needed equipment and suppliers, and coordinating IRB efforts.The warehouse style structure of the ex-Coop makes it an ideal choice to house the complex machinery and systems involved in the sterile facilities and P3 laboratory space.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/news-irb-is-makeover.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 104px\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>The Planned Facility.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>-1 <\/strong>The basement will contain a large storage area and P3 lab, and a kitchen as well as refrigeration, heating and other technical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>0 <\/strong>The ground floor will house two large rooms for specialized cages, two small labs, and the necessary autoclaves, washing rooms and quarantine space to ensure a sterile environment. What was once a carwash attached to the building will be converted IRB &#8211; via Vincenzo Vela Air view into a storage facility for liquid nitrogen and oxygen, a steam plant for the whole building and a loading dock.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>1<\/strong> The first floor will be dedicated entirely to lab space.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>2<\/strong> The second floor, which is under the eaves of the roof, will include office space, a kitchen and conference room. Work is scheduled to be completed in the Spring of 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>on July 17, 2006 Work has begun on the transformation of an abandoned gardening store into a state-of-the-art research facility and P3 laboratory. The need for specialized laboratory space has been critical for some time, and expansion was identified by the Scientific Advisory Board as \u201cof strategic importance\u201d during their review of the IRB in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking Ground at IRB \u201cBIS\u201d - IRB USI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/irb.usi.ch\/it\/news\/breaking-ground-at-irb-bis-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breaking Ground at IRB \u201cBIS\u201d - IRB USI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"on July 17, 2006 Work has begun on the transformation of an abandoned gardening store into a state-of-the-art research facility and P3 laboratory. 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