Building D QA Lab Consolidation

The building had previously been occupied by a subsidiary company that vacated in 2003. The driver for the Building D project was a need for updated Quality Assurance laboratories and a desire to consolidate all other QC and QA lab and office functions into a single facility.

As part of the consolidation, a new ISO Class 7 (Class 10,000) QA sterility suite and new ISO Class 8 (Class 100,000) Cell Banking labs were constructed on the second floor. In addition to the interior improvements, the project included a major seismic upgrade, a new roof, and new HVAC systems.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Novartis AG

Building Location:

Emeryville, California UNITED STATES

Project Type:

Renovation

Principal Building Function:

Laboratory

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

Apr 2004	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$6,100,000

Construction Cost:

$5,100,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$176

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Laboratory
Office
Pharmacology
Pilot Plant
Process: Wet
Research

Total GSF:

29,000

Project Team

Architect

VDK Architects

Builder

XL Construction

Engineer - MEP

Cooper Preuit Engineers

Engineer - Structural

Paradigm Structural Engineers

Profile Created 01/05/2007

Last Updated 10/12/2007

About the Reported Cost Figures

The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders. Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost adjustments.

Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model. Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which others do not.

Fig. 1

Exterior

Fig. 2

Cleanroom Interior

Fig. 3

Stairwell