MDA/MDH Laboratory Building

The 178,000-sf facility provides laboratory functions on three levels with office, support, and meeting functions organized around the central lab core. Architecturally, the framework for the new laboratory building was developed from the inside out with the lab modules as the primary influence for the size and shape of the structure. The final configuration was established efficiently, maximizing the available site area. Functional adjacencies and occupancy requirements were the first priority for planning the facility resulting in an interactive environment for the new home of these two important State agencies.

Project Information

Building Owner:

State of Minnesota, MDA Agriculture Laboratories and MDH Public Health Division

Building Location:

Saint Paul, Minnesota UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Co-location lab building for two Minnesota departments

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

Jun 2003	Construction Start
Sep 2005	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$60,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$337

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Biology
Biomedical
Healthcare
Interdisciplinary Research
Laboratory

Total GSF:

178,000

Project Team

Architect

Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)

Construction Management

CPP Inc.

Consultant - Telecommunications

Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)

Engineer - Civil

Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)

Engineer - Electrical

Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)

Engineer - Mechanical

Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)

Engineer - Structural

Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)

Laboratory Planner

CUH2A Inc.

Profile Created 08/22/2007

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

Atrium

Fig. 3

Lab Support Space

Lab Interior