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Renovate or replace?

Dale Knutson
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The Cross Cancer Institute completed final facility is locked in on all sides with minimal room for future growth. Would a new facility in a new location have been a better option? From an engineering perspective, it would have been less complicated and frustrating to build new with a new stand-alone plant sized for future expansion capability. From a medical/research perspective, the location adjacent to the university was and still remains invaluable.

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Dale Knutson. 2002. Renovate or replace?. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11942248/

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