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Video: Watch the new Oregon Zoo hospital rise
Angela Webber//May 9, 2011//
Here’s a video for the construction and zoo geeks out there: a time-lapse of construction on the Oregon Zoo‘s Veterinary Medical Center.
Skanska USA is building the 15,000-square-foot facility, which is aiming for Leadership in Energy And Environmental Design-silver upon its completion by the end of this year. The Metro post has more design details:
The center’s efficient floor plan will allow staff to coordinate medical treatments, surgeries and other procedures. It will combine a veterinary clinic and quarantine area, where new animals arriving at the zoo will receive health checks and be observed for a month or so prior to entering their long-term homes. Features of the new building also include heated and rubberized floors, holding areas designed specifically to accommodate different species, and adjustable air and water temperatures.
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