Working in the Hot Zone

Whenever she enters the Robert E. Shope, M.D., Laboratory, researcher Nadya Yun first takes a quick counterclockwise lap around the buffer corridor between the lab and the building that separates it from the outside world. The corridor’s outer walls are concrete, but large oval windows grace its ten-inch-thick reinforced concrete inner walls—to Yun’s left as she circles the lab—and she peers through each to make sure that all’s well inside. Her check complete, she grabs a towel, a petite set of blue coveralls, and a pair of socks from a rack by a windowless metal door labeled “Biosafety Level 4.” With a swipe of her security badge, the mechanical door swings open; as she passes through, it closes with a solid “thud.” read more …

GNL Construction Progress Update

As of April 2007, construction of the GNL facility is more than halfway complete. read more …

Christus St. Catherine Hospital Grand Opening

On January 11, Christus St. Catherine Hospital hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their new patient tower, the latest addition to the expanding hospital. Guests were treated to tours to see, first hand, just what the tower has to offer. The tower was designed from beginning to end, with the patient and visitor in mind. read more …

MD Anderson Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research Groundbreaking

A groundbreaking ceremony was held April 10 for the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research (CABIR). The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are collaborating on this new imaging research facility. read more …

2006 ASA General Contractor of Year

Vaughn won two out of three project awards and was named General Contractor of the year for the second year in a row. read more …