Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Child Health Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick (clinical waiting area). Design: Hillier. Photo: Barry Halkin. Click to enlarge. Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Child Health Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick. Budget: $72 million. Size: 150,000 ft2. Project team: Hillier, Princeton, N.J. (architecture); GPR Planners Collaborative Inc., Iselin, N.J. (lab consultant); Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, New York City (MEP engineering); Ammann & Whitney, New York City (structural engineering); Maser Consultants, Hamilton Square, N.J. (civil engineering); LLS Landscaping Inc., Trenton, N.J. (landscape architecture); Joseph Jingoli & Sons Inc., Lawrenceville, N.J. (construction management) Completion date: 3Q2005. Description: Clinical/research facility for new institute emphasizes developmental biology, with a translational research focus. Building includes two floors of open, flexible research labs with movable tables; offices; a 25,000-ft2 rodent vivarium; an educational wing; clinical facilities; and meeting spaces. A two-story atrium and a playful clinical reception area/plaza help humanize the building for its diverse user groups. Funding included an NIH grant as well as state, city, donor, corporate, and other support. Contact: Steven K. Gifford, AIA, Hillier, 212-629-4100. Novo Nordisk Research US, Hemostasis Research Laboratory, North Brunswick, N.J. Design: Ballinger/Novo Nordisk Engineering A/S. Photo: Jeffrey Totaro. Click to enlarge. Novo Nordisk Research US, Hemostasis Research Laboratory, North Brunswick, N.J. Budget: $8.2 million. Size: 30,000 ft2. Project team: Ballinger, Philadelphia, and Novo Nordisk Engineering A/S, Soeborg, Denmark (architecture, lab planning/programming, engineering); Hunt Construction Group, Princeton, N.J. (construction management). Completion date:4Q2005. Description: Located in the Technology Centre of New Jersey, this new lab will create an opportunity for Novo Nordisk scientists to collaborate with university and corporate researchers in developing new therapies for the treatment of life-threatening bleeding. Fit-out of 30,000 ft2, including the lobby and second floor of an existing shell facility, created the company’s first American research site. Flexible open-plan labs are supported by a “flex zone” that houses functions such as tissue and cell culture, weighing, and equipment rooms. Daylighting, private collaborative spaces, conference rooms, offices, and a central “science square” interaction zone were also part of the program. Contact: Bill House, RA, Ballinger, 215-446-0900. Oklahoma State Univ., Helmerich Advanced Technology Research Center, Tulsa. Budget: $45 million. Oklahoma State Univ., Helmerich Advanced Technology Research Center, Tulsa. Design: PSA-Dewberry Inc. Click to enlarge. Size: 123,000 ft2. Project team:PSA-Dewberry Inc., Tulsa (architecture); Earl Walls Associates, San Diego (lab consultant); Phillips & Bacon Consulting Engineers Inc., Tulsa (MEP engineering); PMK, Dallas (acoustical consultant); Howell and Vancuren Inc., Tulsa (landscape architecture); Flintco Cos. Inc., Tulsa (construction management). Completion date: 4Q2007. Description: Research thrusts for this new facility include materials science and engineering, bio-based technologies, energy technologies, and information and control technologies. About 40 engineering faculty, 100 grad students, and visiting scholars are expected to develop new materials by applying nanotechnology to ceramics, composities, aerospace materials, polymers, and metals. Funding includes $9 million from Walter and Peggy Helmerich and the Helmerich Foundation; $30 million from the city of Tulsa; and $12.9 million from the state. Contact: Mary Bea Drummond, Oklahoma State Univ., 918-594-8223. U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Littoral Warfare Research Facility, Panama City, Fla. Budget: $11.5 million. U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare center, Littoral Warfare Research Facilty, Panama City, Fla. Design: Haskell Co. Photo: U.S. Navy. Click here to enlarge. Size: 39,775 ft2. Project team: Haskell Co., Jacksonville, Fla. (complete design/build services). Completion date: 1Q2006. Description: Three-story waterfront lab facilitates work with autonomous and unmanned research platforms, including robots. The labs are designed for research with sensors, batteries, guidance, and communications and control systems. Features include a 3,290-ft2 high bay lab with bridge crane, chiller and boiler, interior and exterior water test tanks and pools, security systems, and multiple offices. Exterior features include a dock and boat hoist and ramp. Project encompassed relocation of an oily water waste facility and demolition of 12 existing buildings. Tilt-up panel construction provided blast resistance. Designed according to LEED principles, the 16-month project was impacted during construction by five named tropical storms, but still completed on schedule. Contact: Ken Duncan, Haskell Co., 904-357-4260, or Steve Castelin, U.S. Navy, 850-234-4231. Univ. of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Research Building. Design: ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge .Click to enlarge. Univ. of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Research Building. Budget: $14 million. Size: 22,000 ft2. Project team: ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Mass. (architecture); SEi Cos., Boston (MEP/fire protection engineering); Judith Nitsch Engineering Inc., Boston (civil engineering); LeMessurier Consultants, Cambridge (structural engineering); Haley & Aldrich, Boston (geotechnical engineering); Geller DeVellis Inc., Boston (landscape architecture); Daedalus Projects, Boston (cost estimating); Harold Cutler, PE, Sudbury, Mass. (code consultant); Suffolk Construction, Boston (general contractor). Completion date: 1Q2007. Description: The two-story Research Building was designed within the context of Paul Rudolph’s original campus buildings. The new building has been sited to better define a previously open space that serves as the campus arboretum. The first floor will house flexible, modular labs to accommodate chemistry, biology, psychology, engineering, and a small vivarium. The second floor will house BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratory facilities. This project is intended to expand the university’s research capabilities and will support the work of Bal Ram Singh, who is conducting research on botulinum (a bacterial protein that causes botulism) in cooperation with Tufts Univ. Other cooperators include Harvard Univ., the Natick Soldier Center, and the Dept. of Defense. Contact: Jeffreys Johnson, AIA, ARC/ Architectural Resources Cambridge, 617-547-2200. Univ. of Virginia Medical School, Carter-Harrison Medical Research Building (MR-6), Charlottesville. Design: HDR/ Kallmann McKinnell Wood Architects. Click to enlarge. Univ. of Virginia Medical School, CarterHarrison Medical Research Building (MR-6), Charlottesville. Budget: Budget: $65.2 million. Size: 200,000 ft2. Project team: HDR Architecture, Alexandria, Va. (architecture, MEP/structural engineering); Kallmann McKinnell Wood Architects, Boston (associate architect); SST Planners, Arlington, Va. (lab and equipment consulting); RMF Engineering, Baltimore (civil engineering); HDR Security Operations, Orlando, Fla. (security and telecom engineering); DMS International, Kensington, Md. (cost estimating); Barton Malow Co., Charlottesville, Va. (construction management). Completion date: 4Q2008. Description: Initially conceived to fill a shortage of generic biomedical research space for the University Health System, the mission of this facility changed during the design process. Following a shift in national research funding toward infectious diseases and immunology, the building was redesigned to function as the equivalent of a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory. The research focus will be cancer research, infectious diseases, and immunology. Three of the five floors will be shared by the Bierne Carter Center for Immunology and the Division of Infectious Diseases for the Univ. of Virginia Health System. In addition, a major research group of the Cancer Center will also occupy two floors. Approximately 265 scientists and staff will occupy the new facility. The program includes a 30,000-ft2 vivarium for the Center for Comparative Medicine, as well as faculty offices and seminar/ conference spaces. All of the laboratories are designed to BSL-2 standard with select laboratories designed to ABSL-3 and BSL-3 criteria. Financing includes donor support, university resources, and $24.3 million from a state bond issue. Contact: Michael S. Smyser, AIA, ACHA, HDR, 703-518-8531. Syracuse Univ., Life Sciences Complex, Syracuse. Syracuse Univ., Life Sciences Complex, Syracuse. Design: Ellenzweig Associates. Click here to enlarge. Budget: Budget: $80 million. Size: 230,000 ft2. Project team: Ellenzweig Associates Inc., Cambridge, Mass. (architecture); Bard, Rao +Athanas, Watertown, Mass. (MEP engineering); Stearns & Wheler LLC, Cazenovia, N.Y. (civil engineering); LeMessurier Consultants Inc., Cambridge, Mass. (structural engineering); Hargreaves Associates, Cambridge (landscape architecture); Vermeulens Cost Consulting, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (cost consultant); Harold Cutler, PE, Sudbury, Mass. (code consulting); Acentech Inc., Cambridge, Mass. (acoustics/vibration control); Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (air quality control); GhE/Greenhouse Engineering, Toronto (greenhouse consultant); Barr & Barr Inc. Builders, Framingham, Mass. (construction management). Completion date: 3Q2008. Description: Six-story facility will be linked to the existing Center for Science and Technology, providing additional lab and classroom space. The complex unifies the teaching and research facilities of the biology department, and provides chemistry department teaching facilities with a new home adjacent to existing chemistry research facilities. Cell signaling and environmental science are expected to be among the key focuses. The L-shaped layout calls for a teaching wing and a life sciences research wing, linked with an atrium that will also connect to the existing building. Also in the program are seminar rooms and lecture halls, lounges, a greenhouse, and a vivarium. Arrangement of space is designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in teaching, facilitating development of majors such as biochemistry. Contact: Catherine Hunt, Ellenzweig Associates, 617-491-5575.