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Federal Government Awards Design Contract for $267-Million Lab in Winnipeg
Architecture49 won an open-bid contract to design a $267 million lab that will produce experimental vaccines and other research for future pandemics.
- On Wednesday, federal and provincial officials announced that Winnipeg-based Architecture49 Inc. won a $10.2-million contract to design a new $267-million medical countermeasures laboratory in Winnipeg.
- The facility will be built on Arlington Street next to the existing National Microbiology Laboratory, allowing the new lab to build on existing know-how from the high-security site.
- Architecture49 has previously designed the Life Sciences Research Institute in Halifax and the Rocky Mountain Integrated Research Facility in Montana, demonstrating expertise for similar work.
- Medical director of the Institute of Infection and Immunity Keith Fowke said the lab will produce "the test lots that are required," addressing gaps in Canadian vaccine research.
- Winnipeg South Member of Parliament Terry Duguid stated "this is a big deal for our city," as the federal government anticipates the facility will be finished in 2033.
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Federal government awards design contract for $267-million lab in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The federal government is moving forward on a $267 million research laboratory in Winnipeg to better prepare for future disease outbreaks.
·Toronto, Canada
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New $267M research lab in Winnipeg will work to counter future pandemics
A new medical research facility in Winnipeg will play a critical role in closing gaps in Canadian vaccine research and other areas of public health emergency preparedness, officials said Wednesday.
·Ottawa, Canada
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CTV NewsFeds award design contract for $267-million countermeasures lab in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg South MP Terry Duguid says the federal government has awarded a design contract on a $267-million medical countermeasures laboratory in the Manitoba capital.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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