Contract: Sauer, $7M

Sauer Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded $7,021,100 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract for the design and construction to renovate three facilities at Stennis Space Center, Miss., including building 3205 and a new stand-alone buoy blast & paint facility for the National Data Buoy Center. Work is expected to be completed by January 2011. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 07/09/09)

Nanoparticle aquatic impact studied

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – A Gulf Coast Research Laboratory scientist is studying the possible toxic effects of nanoparticles on aquatic life. Robert "Joe" Griffitt, an assistant professor, is investigating a world measured in billionths of a meter. Nanotechnology is a fast-growing segment of the high-tech economy, but there are concerns about the health effect on aquatic life. Griffitt’s research will provide a better understanding. (Source: Mississippi Press, 07/09/09)