$20 million buildingdedicated by RTI

RTI International recently dedicated the new Earl Johnson Jr. Science and Engineering Building, a $20 million state-of-the-art laboratory and office facility, on its main campus in Research Triangle Park, NC. The 78,000 square-foot facility was named in honor of RTI's board of governor's chairman. The founder and chairman of Southern Industrial Constructors, Johnson also is a past chairman of SC&RA and a current member of the association's board. The facility will house research programs in high-growth fields, such as nanotechnology, energy technology and environmental technology, as well as projects related to homeland security, such as aerosol technologies and analytical chemistry.