Univ. of Washington Medical School, biomedical research facility (adaptive reuse), Seattle. • Budget: n.a.
• Size: 105,000 ft2.
• Project team: Vulcan Inc., Seattle (developer); Seneca Real Estate Group Inc., Seattle (real estate advisory and consulting services); MBT Architecture, Seattle (architect); Turner Construction, Seattle (contractor).
• Completion date: 4Q2004.
• Description: A planned biomedical hub in the new South Lake Union parcel owned by Vulcan Inc. kicks off with renovation of the vacant four-story “Blue Flame” building, formerly owned by Washington Natural Gas. Cross-disciplinary research will be emphasized. Tenants include the UW Center for Cardiovascular Biology and the Program for Translational Medicine in Women’s Health, focusing on cancer research. The facility is owned by Vulcan; UW has a long-term lease. The university is eyeing two other sites for later construction at the Vulcan site, for a total of 600,000 to 700,000 additional ft2.
• Contact: Seneca Real Estate Group, 206-628-3150.
Univ. of Pittsburgh, Biomedical Science Tower 3, Oakland, Pa. • Budget: $188 million.
• Size: 331,000 ft2.
• Project team: JSA Architects, Robinson Township, Pa. (architect of record); Payette Associates Inc., Boston (design architect); GPR Planners Collaborative, Purchase, N.Y. (lab consultant); Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, Boston (MEP engineering); R.M. Gensert Associates, Wilkins Township, Pa. (structural engineering); Hunt Construction Group Inc. and Mascaro Construction Co. LP, both of Pittsburgh (construction management).
• Completion date: Phase 1 occupancy spring 2005; full occupancy 2006.
• Description: Ten-story tower will house generic research labs, including molecular, cellular biology, and biochemistry. It augments facilities available in two large, existing research towers and will support the work of ~500 scientists, graduate students, undergraduates, and staff. Special labs will be dedicated to structural biology, synthetic chemistry (including drug discovery), computational biology, and genomics and proteomics facilities.
• Contact: Christopher Capelli, Univ. of Pittsburgh Office of Technology Management, 412-648-2219.
Mayo Clinic/Translational Genomics Research Institute, Collaborative Research Building, Scottsdale, Ariz. • Budget: $25 million.
• Size: 110,000 ft2.
• Project team: Hornaday Development LLC, Scottsdale (developer); Deutsch Associates, Phoenix (architect); Weitz Co. Southwest, Phoenix (construction manager).
• Completion date: 4Q2004.
• Description: New lab, support, and office building will be located on the Mayo Clinic campus in North Scottsdale. About 25% will be leased by TGen’s Center for Translational Drug Development, which focuses on contract work for clients. The remainder will be biomedical lab space for use by Mayo and other potential tenants. Features include a shared, 10,000-ft2 rodent vivarium. Scottsdale officials hope that 10 to 20 additional research buildings might ultimately be constructed on the Mayo property.
• Contact: Anne Tewksbury, Mayo Clinic, 480-301-4368.
Sandia National Laboratories, Microsystems Engineering Sciences Application (MESA) program complex, Albuquerque, N.M. Design: Carter & Burgess.
Sandia National Laboratories, Microsystems Engineering Sciences Application (MESA) program complex, Albuquerque, N.M. • Budget: $235 million.
• Size: 382,000 ft2 in three buildings.
• Project team: Carter & Burgess, Dallas (architecture, MEP engineering); Industrial Design & Construction (IDC), Albuquerque (conceptual design work for MicroFab and CUB-1 portions); Chaves-Grieves Consulting Engineers, Albuquerque (consulting engineer); Bohannan Huston Inc., Albuquerque (civil/consulting engineer); M.W. Zander, Dallas (designer of ISO Class 4 cleanroom); M.A. Mortenson, Minneapolis (contractor, micro-fab building); Hensel Phelps Construction, Austin, Texas (contractor, micro-lab building); weapons integration facility contractor TBA.
• Completion date: 2007.
• Description: Massive project includes an 89,000-ft2, $80 million “micro-fab” facility that will replace outdated cleanrooms in an existing fab; a 131,000-ft2, $66 million “micro-lab”; and a 162,000-ft2, $89 million weapons integration facility, as well as associated central utility buildings. All three labs are being constructed to LEED Silver standard. The first project, the micro-fab, will be an R&D production line creating silicon and compound semiconductors. The micro-lab building, to be finished second, will have chemical, electrical, and laser labs focused on micro-system components. The weapons integration building will have classified and unclassified areas, and will include visualization labs, electrical and laser labs, and offices, among other facilities.
• Contact: William Jenkins, project manager, Sandia National Labs, .505-844-2346.
Univ. of Connecticut, Medical Arts Research Building/Musculoskeletal Institute, Farmington. • Budget: $22.8 million.
• Size: 99,000 ft2.
• Project team: ASHC Architects PC, Tarrytown, N.Y. (architect); Hammes Co., Farmington, Conn. (project management); Van Zelm, Heywood and Shadford Inc., West Hartford, Conn. (MEP engineering); Purcell Associates, Glastonbury, Conn. (structural engineering); Macchi Engineers LLC, Hartford, Conn. (civil engineering); FIP Construction, Cheshire, Conn. (general contractor).
• Completion date: 4Q2004.
• Description: Building will consolidate U-Conn clinical and research functions central to musculoskeletal activities, including orthopedics, rheumatology/osteoporosis, diagnostic imaging, outpatient surgery, and rehabilitation. Features include a 24,000-ft2 ambulatory surgery center, biological and biomechanical research labs, and a “bioskills laboratory” intended to support applied research and continuing education for practitioners, faculty, and students. Exterior structural armature expresses the building function. Design received a 2003 award from the American Institute of Architects’ New York Chapter.
• Contact: James W. Tilghman, AIA, project designer, AHSC, 914-347-2472.
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, research expansion, Wauwatosa. • Budget: $97 million (three projects).
• Size: 270,000-ft2 office/research facility, plus 1,600-car parking deck.
• Project team: Zimmerman Design Group, Milwaukee (architect).
• Completion date: 4Q2005.
• Description: Three-part project includes $62 million, nine-story office and research lab building (~60,000 ft2 of labs); $26 million parking structure; and $9 million skywalk to connect the new building to the existing Children’s Hospital. Construction will allow the client to rehab an existing seven-story office building for clinical care of outpatients. Research thrusts will be expanded into genetics, diabetes, and gastroenterology, as well as evaluations of various medications for pediatric use. The hospital has a 100-year lease on the land, which is owned by Milwaukee County.
• Contact: Zimmerman Design Group, 414-476-9500.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa. Design: SmithGroup.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa. • Budget: $28 million.
• Size: 98,000 ft2.
• Project team: SmithGroup, Phoenix (architect, MEP engineering); Paul-Koehler Consulting Structural Engineers Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz. (structural engineering); Dibble & Associates Consulting Engineers, Phoenix (civil engineering); Professional Services Industries Inc., Tempe, Ariz. (geotechnical/ environmental engineering); E Group, Phoenix (landscape architecture); CORE Construction, Phoenix (contractor).
• Completion date: 2006.
• Description: Facility will combine in one center the ARS’ U.S. Water Conservation Research Laboratory and Western Cotton Research Laboratory. The water research lab studies how crops will perform under increasing atmospheric CO2 levels, as well as other agricultural issues. The cotton lab focuses on cotton production, particularly with regard to diseases and pests. Numerous single-story buildings, including labs and offices, will support the work of ~100 employees who are now located in two facilities in Phoenix.
• Contact: G. Craig Randock, AIA, SmithGroup, 602-265-2200.
Univ. of Wisconsin, Microbial Sciences Building, Madison. • Budget: $105 million.
• Size: 330,000 ft2.
• Project team: Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP, Milwaukee (architect of record); Anshen+Allen, Los Angeles (design architect); Earl Walls Associates, San Diego (lab consultant); Arnold and O’Sheridan Inc., Milwaukee/ Madison (structural, electrical, and telecom engineering); Ring & DuChateau Inc., Milwaukee (HVAC engineering); PSJ Engineering Inc., Milwaukee (plumbing/fire engineering); Strand Associates Inc., Madison (civil engineering); Ken Saiki Design Inc., Madison (landscape architecture); RWDI, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (smoke control consultant); contractor TBA.
• Completion date: 2006.
• Description: Interdisciplinary sciences facility is the second of four buildings on the UW-Madison campus to be created, in part, with funding from the state’s $300 million BioStar initiative. The six-story facility will consolidate existing microbial sciences programs, including work by the departments of bacteriology; medical microbiology and immunology; and food microbiology and toxicology. The facility will support ~50 research groups and will also contain 11 instructional labs, classrooms, a vivarium, and a 450-seat symposium center. Research suites include support spaces such as BSL-3 labs, microscopy, tissue culture, flow cytometry, pathogen testing, and specialized instrumentation.
St. Edwards Univ., John Brooks Williams Natural Sciences Facility, Austin, Texas. Design: Moore Ruble Yudell.
St. Edwards Univ., John Brooks Williams Natural Sciences Facility, Austin, Texas. • Budget: $20 million.
• Size: 61,000 ft2.
• Project team: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, Santa Monica. Calif. (architect).
• Completion date: Construction to commence fall 2004; final completion of phased plan TBA.
• Description: Funded in part from a major gift by the Williams estate, the natural sciences center will ultimately encompass two buildings, including labs, classrooms, seminar rooms, offices, and common spaces.
• Contact: Moore Ruble Yudell, 310-450-1400.
Tulane Univ., Regional Primate Research Center, biocontainment lab, Covington, La. • Budget: $18.6 million ($13.6 million NIH grant, $5 million Tulane match).
• Size: 40,000 ft2.
• Project team: CUH2A, Atlanta (architect).
• Completion date: 2006.
• Description: One of nine Regional Biocontainment Lab construction projects recently funded by the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Facility will focus on study of natural pathogens and those that could be used as bioterrorism agents, such as botulism, plague, tularemia, brucellosis, and SARS. The Tulane primate center already houses ~5,000 research animals on a 500-acre campus. Features will include a BSL-3 lab, which augments an existing BSL-3 facility on the campus that opened ~10 years ago.
• Contact: Paul Whelton, senior VP for Health Sciences, Tulane Univ., 504-588-5295.
