Tradeline's 17th Annual University Science Buildings conference!

ACADEMIC SCIENCE BUILDINGS 2005
New science needs, higher-value outcomes, and lower costs.

• New construction and renovations
• Interdisciplinary and mixed-space buildings
• Research-based science teaching facilities
• Life-science buildings
• Business case analysis & upfront "shaping"

The number-one issue almost all science teaching and research higher-ed institutions are working on is how to get more science program (teaching and research) with less capital expenditure.  At this conference you'll learn project "shaping," planning, design, construction, and renovation strategies that are creating higher-value, lower-cost outcomes. 

This is your project team's opportunity to discover how institutions are saving costs on new science building projects, yet producing highly distinguished academic science facilities that are attracting in-demand, top-notch faculty and researchers .  Specifically, you'll get answers to these big project issues:

• ISSUE:  Getting more science program (teaching and research) with limited capital dollars is a top management issue.  Plan for it. This should be top on your list.  At Academic Science Buildings 2005 you'll learn the details on a multitude of initiatives currently underway, and what results are being achieved.
• ISSUE:  Multi-discipline and inter-discipline buildings (teaching and research) pose special efficiency and planning challenges. Plan for it.  At Academic Science Buildings 2005 you'll examine the special planning processes needed to avoid the low-net-to-gross, over-building, and high-energy-use traps for these kinds of buildings.
• ISSUE:  New models for contracting and the management of teams, users, and contractors focus on construction cost savings.   Plan for it.  Costly, time-inefficient processes are "out."  At Academic Science Buildings 2005 you'll see what's "in": streamlining everything with a focus on saving capital dollars.
• ISSUE: Science building renovations are increasingly the cost-effective solution-of-choice. Plan for it. A spectrum of strategies offers speed and low-cost solutions for focused program needs. At Academic Science Buildings 2005 you'll uncover benchmarkable, innovative ideas being used to create high-value outcomes with relatively little capital.
• ISSUE:  Flexibility is still a "hot" issue and is being pursued as a capital-cost-reduction strategy.  Plan for it. At Academic Science Buildings 2005 you will learn how leading institutions are looking to save capital dollars two and three projects ahead with cost-effective flexibility investments.
• ISSUE: Science building projects increasingly have to accommodate a mix of special programs.    Plan for it. At Academic Science Buildings 2005 you'll discover cost-effective planning strategies for buildings and systems to accommodate a diversity of high-tech embedded sub-spaces that pose flexibility, efficiency, cost, and adjacency challenges.
• ISSUE:  Business Case Analysis is the new, new thing for front-end capital, cost, and project planning.  Plan for it. At Academic Science Buildings 2005 you'll find out how science building projects are being defined financially for best economic value prior to any architectural input.

Make this meeting an integral part of your upcoming science buildings initiatives. Check your plans and processes against what others are doing.  Get ahead of the planning curve on these top issues. 

SPECIAL TOUR - Two new University of South Florida projects:  Interdisciplinary Research & Bioscience Technology Incubator, plus Nanotech

Academic Science Buildings Conference Highlights:

• $7.5 Billion worth of new building projects represented
• Projects represented (new, renovation, expansion):
  architectural, biology, biochemistry, biomedical, chemistry, engineering, nanotech, health sciences, neurosciences, medical, proteomics, research, research labs, science, science & teachings, science lab, social science, and wet lab

Click Here for a sample list of past participants of Tradeline Academic Science Buildings conferences

Who should attend this conference?

This conference has been designed and produced for capital project teams, campus planners, project managers, faculty, deans, science department heads, financial officers, facilities directors, and campus administrators who work for colleges and universities that have major commitments to research and science teaching.

In order to maximize your conference experience, Tradeline's unique attendance policy limits attendance by representatives of firms that provide management consulting, design, construction, contract services or products to this audience to those who are making presentations or exhibiting at this conference.