DePaul Univ., Msgr. Andrew J. McGowan Science Building (McGowan South), Chicago. Budget: $ 37.5 million. Size: 129, 000 ft2 . DePaul Univ., Msgr. Andrew J. McGowan Science Building (McGowan South), Chicago. Design: Antunovich Associates/X-nth (Earl Walls Associates). Click to enlarge. Project team: Antunovich Associates, Chicago (architecture); X-nth Inc. (Earl Walls Associates), San Diego (lab consultant); WMA Consulting Engineers, Chicago (MEP/FP engineering); Bollinger, Lach & Associates, Oak Brook, Ill. (civil engineering); CS Associates Inc., Oak Lawn, Ill. (structural engineering); X-nth, Orlando (LEED consultant); Hitchcock Design Group, Naperville, Ill. (landscape architecture); The Meyne Co. (Div. of Bulley & Andrews LLC), Chicago (general contractor). Completion date: 4Q2008. Description: Four-story structure will house the departments of chemistry and environmental science, as well as 6,000-ft2 for the biology department (which is based in the adjacent McGowan North facility). Included in the program are 23 research labs, eight teaching labs, five large, tiered classrooms, and a multipurpose classroom/ lab facility. Two rooftop greenhouses will be used for teaching and research. McGowan South will be DePaul’s first LEED project and will be designed to achieve Silver-level status. Contact: Roxanne Brown, DePaul Univ., 312-362-8623. State of Wisconsin, Div. of State Facilities/Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Madison. Budget: $25 million. State of Wisconsin, Div. of State Facilities/Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Madison. Design: Strang Inc. Photos: Eric Oxendorf. Click to enlarge left picture. Click to enlarge right picture. Size: 78,000 ft2 Project team: Strang Inc., Madison (architecture, HVAC engineering, interiors); Native Engineering Inc., Waunakee, Wis. (plumbing engineering); KJWW Inc., Madison (electrical/ telecom engineering); Ayres Associates Inc., Madison (civil engineering); Arnold & O’Sheridan Inc., Madison (structural engineering); Ken Saiki Design Inc., Madison (landscape architecture); Professional System Analysis Inc., Germantown, Wis. (systems testing and balancing); Miron Construction, Middleton, Wis. (general contractor). Completion date: 4Q2007. Description: Facility replaces an existing outdated diagnostic lab, providing testing for diseases such as chronic wasting disease, mad cow disease, and avian influenza. A 1,200-ft2 BSL-3 lab offers space for work with highly infectious agents. Also in the program are an electron microscopy lab with a floating floor for vibration control and a 4,000-lb. tissue digester for waste disposal. The state-funded building, on the campus of the university, will host cooperative work between the university’s School of Veterinary Medicine and the Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. It is part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, including a national surveillance program for avian influenza. Contact: Wayne A. Whiting, Strang Inc., 608-276-9200. Univ. of Louisville (Ky.), Biomedical Research Building III. Budget: $141 million Size: 292,000 ft2. Project team : SmithGroup, Detroit (design architect); Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan Inc., Louisville (architect of record); Staggs & Fisscher Inc., Lexington, Ky. (MEP engineering); Rangaswamy & Associates, Louisville (structural engineering); Messer Construction, Cincinnati (construction management). Completion date: 3Q2009. Description: The building adds a third biomedical facility and forms a quad with existing labs nearby (Baxter I and Baxter II). The facility is designed to help the university attract and retain high-quality researchers, consolidate existing programs, and expand and add to established programs. Focuses will include genetics and molecular medicine, oncology, cardiovascular disease, and bioengineering. Facility will provide generic, open wet labs and vivarium support space for ~90 principal investigators, and will support the school’s entire research community with facilities for bioinformatics, proteomics and BSL-3 core labs, and interaction spaces. Contact: Camille Thompson, SmithGroup, 313-442-8485. Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth, James I. Swenson Science Building. Budget: $33 million Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth, James I. Swenson Science Building. Design: Ross Barney Architects/Stanius Johnson Architects.Click to enlarge. Size:110,000-ft2 Project team: Ross Barney Architects, Chicago (design architect); The Stanius Johnson Architects Inc., Duluth (architect of record);Kornberg Associates, San Diego/Menlo Park, Calif. (lab design consultant); Affiliated Engineers, Madison, Wis. (MEP engineering); MSA Professional Services, Duluth (civil engineering); Meyer, Borgman and Johnson Inc., Duluth (structural engineering); Oscar J. Boldt Construction Co., Cloquet, Minn. (cost consultant); oslund.and. assoc., Minneapolis (landscape architecture); Max Gray Construction Inc., Hibbing, Minn. (general contractor, site work); M.A. Mortenson, Minneapolis (general contractor). Completion date:4Q2005 Description: Three-level structure contains teaching, research, and administrative space for the UMD departments of biology, chemistry, and biochemistry. Program encompasses 16 faculty/student research labs, 16 teaching labs, a computer teaching lab, lab support, a student study room, and a central classroom. The project recently won a 2007 General Design Honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. The site design emphasizes native plantings, including an experimental wetland garden with emphasis on cultivation of wild rice. Contact: Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects, 312-832-0600. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Biological Defense Research Program medical research laboratory replacement facility, Fort Detrick, Md. Budget: n.a million. Size: 700,000 ft2 Project team:CUH2A/Smith Carter/ Hemisphere, Lawrenceville, N.J. (joint venture architecture/engineering team); contractor TBA. Completion date: 2012. Description: Project will provide integrated research space for the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), which is the centerpiece of the new National Interagency Biodefense Campus at Fort Detrick. The facility will include offices, an animal facility, and multiple labs, including BSL-2, -3, and a small -4 suite. The project will replace outdated and overcrowded existing medical research labs at the site. Contact: Ellen Randall, AIA, CUH2A, erandall@cuh2a.com. Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, W. Lowry and Susan S. Caudill Laboratories. Budget: $47 million. Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, W. Lowry and Susan S. Caudill Laboratories. Design: Wilson Architects. Photo: Anton Grassl/Esto (© Wilson Architects). Click to enlarge. Size: 120,000 ft2. Project team: Wilson Architects, Boston (architecture); Affiliated Engineers East PC, Chapel Hill (MEP engineering); Stewart Engineering, Morrisville, N.C. (civil/structural engineering); Towers/Golde, New Haven, Conn. (landscape architecture); MoharDesign, Somerville, Mass. (interiors); Balfour Beatty Construction (formerly Centex), Chapel Hill (construction management). Completion date: 2Q2007. Description: The four-story Caudill lab building is part of the university’s $205 million Carolina Physical Science Complex and is the second new structure in the plan, following the completion last year of the 128,000-ft2 Chapman Hall (see Laboratory Design, Dec. 2006). Caudill provides research lab and office space for the department of chemistry, augmenting existing space in two other lab buildings and replacing outdated space in Venable Hall, which is scheduled for demolition. It includes wet and dry labs, computational labs, and shared instrument space. Emphases include physical, analytical, organic, and polymer chemistry. Among the special features are HEPA-filtered synthetic labs, biosafety and nanotech research capability, and an NMR suite for up to eight magnets. Contact: Abby Smith, Wilson Architects, 617-338-5990. College of DuPage, science and technology buildings, Glen Ellyn, Ill. Budget: $87 million (two buildings). College of DuPage, Health Careers & Natural Sciences Building, Glen Ellyn, Ill. Design: Hellmuth, Obata + Kasssabaum. Click to enlarge. Size: 188,000 ft2. Health Careers & Natural Sciences Building ($50 million) plus 173,000-ft2 Technology Education Center ($37 million). Project team for Health Careers & Natural Sciences Building: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Chicago (architecture); Affiliated Engineers Inc., Madison, Wis. (MEP engineering); Manhard Consulting Ltd., Vernon Hills, Ill. (civil engineering); Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Chicago (structural engineering); Hitchcock Design Group, Naperville, Ill. (landscape architecture); SSRCx, Nashville, Tenn. (commissioning); Gilbane Co., Chicago (construction management). Project team for Technology Education Center: DeStefano + Partners, Chicago (architecture); KJWW Engineering Consultants, Chicago (MEP and structural engineering); V3 Cos. Ltd., Woodridge, Ill. (civil engineering); Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape Architecture Inc., Chicago (landscape architecture); Primera Engineers Ltd., Chicago (commissioning); Gilbane Co., Chicago (construction management). Completion date for both: 1Q2009. Description: Health Careers & Natural Sciences Building will encompass lab, classroom, office, and instructional space, with two stories for health careers development and three stories for natural sciences (including microbiology, chemistry, zoology, and botany). Technology Education Center will contain three stories of classrooms, offices, and instructional space, and will support teaching of architecture, automotive, HVAC, integrated engineering and manufacturing technology, interior design, welding, and environmental horticulture. The Technology Education Center’s special features include high-bay space for automotive work, a large lecture hall, a 40-station computer lab, and a greenhouse. Contact: College of DuPage Facilities Planning and Construction Dept. 630-942-4063.