The laboratory portion of the building will house open, modular, and generic laboratories for research and relevant support spaces, including animal facilities. In addition, this project will provide classrooms and instructional labs for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students to foster interaction between the research and academic communities.

Project Information
Building Owner:		University of Minnesota
Owner Contact:		Earl North, Principal, Armin North Associates
Building Location:		Minneapolis, MN UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction
Principal Building Function:		Lab/vivarium and instructional
Project Timeline		Feb 1998 Planning Start May 1999 Design Start Nov 1999 Construction Start Mar 2002 Target Completion Last known status: Construction
Project Cost:		$88,250,000
Construction Cost:		$68,250,000
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$260
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Biology Education Education: Classroom Laboratory: Research Vivarium
Total GSF:		263,000
Total NSF:		151,000
Efficiency:		57%
Building Population:		3196
People Density:		89.9 gsf/person
Building Services:		Clean steam, RODI water, compressed air, and emergency power
Special Equip:		Animal transfer station, tunnel washer, cage and rack washer, bulk sterilizer
Office Size:		100 NSF
Power Req:		10 w/nsf
HVAC Req:		3 cfm/nsf
Structure/Foundation:		Caissons, one-way pan joist
Laboratory Parameters
Lab Module:		10' 4" x 37' 6"
Casework Mat'l:		Wood, moveable, epoxy resin
Fume Hoods:		50 @ 6'
Biosafety Cabinets:		7 Type II-B2 (fully exhausted)
Project Team
Architect		Perkins+Will
Profile Created 03/31/2001
Last Updated 04/04/2006
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.