National Laboratories

Landlocked Livermore must tear down the old before building the new, exec says

By Photo of Wayne Barber

PHOENIX – The land-constrained Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory near San Francisco, Calif. must demolish decaying old buildings covering a third of its footprint over the next 16 years, Livermore manager Mark Costella said here Tuesday.
Livermore’s main…

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