California State Univ., Science II Building, Stanislaus. Budget: $ 54million. Size: 100, 000 ft2 . Project team: MBT/Perkins+Will, San Francisco (architecture); Guttmann & Blaevoet, San Francisco/Sacramento (MEP engineering); Van Pelt Construction Services, Suisun City, Calif. (project management); S.J. Amoroso Construction Co. Inc., Redwood City, Calif. (general contractor) Completion date: Fall 2007. Description: Interdisciplinary sciences building will include labs, support, classrooms, and offices, as well as an observatory and a vivarium. Occupants will include the biology, chemistry, and physics/ geology departments, as well as the dean’s suite. The project is LEED-registered and has multiple sustainable HVAC design strategies. Contact: Melody Maffei, California State Univ., 209-667-3623. State Univ. of New York-Geneseo, Integrated Science Center. Budget: $33 million State Univ. of New York-Geneseo, Integrated Science Center. Design: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum. Photo: Tim Wilkes, Tim Wilkes Photography. Click to enlarge. Size: 105,000 ft2 Project team: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc., New York City (architecture); Syska Hennessy Group Inc., New York City (MEP/ FP/telecom engineering); Watts Engineers, Buffalo, N.Y. (civil engineering); Leslie E. Robertson Associates RLLP , New York City (structural engineering); CME Engineering Group PLLC, Somerset, Pa. (geotechnical engineering); The Pike Co., Rochester, N.Y. (ge Completion date: 3Q2006. Description: General science building for liberal arts college provides facilities for multiple disciplines, including biology, chemistry, physics, and geological sciences. The program includes a 2,700-ft2 greenhouse, a rooftop astronomy deck, 16 teaching labs, 30 research labs, and offices. An upcoming $20 million phase will encompass renovation of 40,000 ft2 in the existing Green Hall Science building, to which the Integrated Science Center will be linked. Contact: Roxanne Donovan for HOK, 212-741-2977. Muhlenberg College, science facility addition/renovation, Allentown, Pa. Muhlenberg College, science facility additon/renovation, Allentown, Pa. Design: Ballinger.Click to enlarge. Budget: N.A.. Size: 40,000 ft2 new science construction plus 11,000 ft2 science renovations, and 12,000 ft2 addition to adjacent student union. Project team : Ballinger, Philadelphia (architecture, MEP/FP/ structural engineering); Keystone Consulting Engineers, Wescosville, Pa. (civil engineering); Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Allentown (construction manager). Completion date: 3Q2007. Description: Project aims to strengthen natural sciences instruction at the college, as well as enhancing student life. Program included construction of an addition and a phased renovation to the 40,000 ft2 Shankweiler Biology Building with labs, classrooms, and offices. A 12,000 ft2 addition to the adjacent Seegers Student Union, including meeting, dining, and office space, was also part of the program. A bridge connector to the adjacent Trumbower chemistry building from the new science facility was constructed, with the entire project creating a new quadrangle and an integrated science project. Features of the science addition/renovation include labs for neuroscience, physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, and biology/ecology. Contact: Simon Tickell, AIA, Ballinger, 215-446-0520. Montana State Univ., Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Building, Bozeman. Budget: $23 million. Size: 73,000-ft2 Project team: L’Heureux, Page, Werner PC, Great Falls, Mont. (architecture); Research Facilities Design, San Diego (lab consultant); Dick Anderson Construction, Great Falls (general contractor). Completion date: 3Q2007 Description: Facility will house labs, support, and offices for 20 MSU researchers and ~180 graduate students, research assistants, and support staff. The project is being funded with bonds based on indirect costs recovered on grants and contracts awarded to chemistry and biochemistry researchers. Features include a four-story atrium and a lecture hall “think tank” for interdisciplinary communication. Project will be followed in 2007 by a $5 million renovation of the nearby Cooley Laboratory for microbiology, designed by Kalispell, Mont., firm Architects Design Group PC. Contact: Steve L’Heureux; L’Heureux, Page, Werner; 406-771-0770. Genzyme Corp., 49 New York Ave. Science Building, Framingham, Mass. Design: ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge. Click to enlarge. Genzyme Corp., 49 New York Ave. Science Building, Framingham, Mass. Budget: $104 million. Size: 150,000 ft2 science building plus 30,000 ft2 central utility building. Project team: ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass. (architecture, lab planning); Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers LLC, Boston (MEP/FP engineering); LeMessurier Consultants, Cambridge (structural engineering); Tetra Tech Rizzo, Framingham (civil engineering); GEI Consultants, Woburn, Mass. (geotechnical engineering); Carol R. Johnson Associates Inc., Boston (landscape architecture); Daedalus Projects Inc., Boston (cost estimating); Harold R. Cutler, Sudbury, Mass. (code consultant); Acentech, Cambridge (acoustical and vibration consultant); Collective Wisdom Corp., Weston, Mass. (specifications); Techmark Security Integration Inc., Rockland, Md. (security consultant); Bovis Lend Lease LMD Inc., Boston (construction management); Completion date: August 2007. Description: Located at 49 New York Ave., the new laboratory and administrative office facility will be the signature building on Genzyme’s Framingham campus. The project includes a separate central utilities building that will supply the new Science Building as well as the existing research, manufacturing, and development buildings on the campus. Designed to accommodate a major portion of Genzyme’s research activities, the new building will consolidate scientists located in a number of different locations and is intended to support the corporate objective of enhancing relationships between research groups. Each floor has been designed to promote collaboration and facilitate lab flexibility by locating a continuous band of laboratory bench space adjacent to the central support facilities. In addition, the building is organized around a six-story atrium surrounded by casual meeting and lounge spaces to further encourage the spirit of interaction and teamwork. Contact: Jeffreys Johnson, AIA, ARC/ Architectural Resources Cambridge, 617-547-2200. Univ. of California-Davis, veterinary medicine facilities. Design: SRG Partnership. Photo: Lara Swimmer. Click to enlarge. Univ. of California-Davis, veterinary medicine facilities. Budget: $104 million (two buildings). Size: 164,000 ft2 (building 3A) plus 55,000 ft2 instructional facility. Project team: (applies to both buildings except where otherwise noted): SRG Partnership Inc., Portland, Ore. (architecture and lab planning); Arup, San Francisco (MEP/structural engineering); Cunningham Engineering, Davis, CA (civil engineering); Walker & Macy, Portland, Ore. (landscape architecture); Smith Fause McDonald Inc., San Francisco (telecom/AV consultant, Building 3A; telecom, instructional facility); Spectrum Systems Design, Portland, Ore. (AV consultant, instructional facility); Rutherford & Chekene, Oakland, Calif. (geotechnical consultant); Benya Lighting Design, Portland (lighting consultant); Acentech Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif. (acoustical consultant, Building 3A); Altermatt Associate, Portland, Ore. (acoustical consultant, instructional facility); Flintco Constructive Solutions, Sacramento, Calif. (general contractor, Building 3A); Harbison Mahony Higgins Builders Inc., Sacramento (general contractor instructional facility). Completion date: 2006. Description: Two-building project encompasses building 3A, a technologically advanced facility including offices, teaching space, labs, transport cranes, and a necropsy room and tissue digester. A high level of biosafety and vibration control are included in the design. The instructional facility includes classrooms and emphasizes energy efficiency and recycled materials. Contact: Tim Evans, SRG Partnership, 503-222-1917. Univ. of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health Research Center, Columbia. Design: FWA Group, Charlotte, N.C. Click to enlarge. Maryland State Highway Administration, Office of Materials and Technology, Laboratory and Office of Construction Facility, Hanover. Budget: $~ 25 million. Size: 93,000 ft2, plus 7,200 ft2 vehicle storage and calibration facility. Project team: Forrester Construction, Rockville, Md., and Kling, Philadelphia (design/build team); RK&K LLP/Heery International, Baltimore (owner’s representative). Completion date: 3Q2008. Description: Main building will include offices and testing labs, which will occupy about half of the facility. Special labs include structural materials testing, cement, concrete, moisture curing, paint, chemicals, and instrumentation. Also included are meeting and training rooms. Contact: Claire Callas, Forrester Construction Co., 301-255-1742.