Because lab spaces can be adjusted to respond to each project’s needs and accommodate new research equipment with only minor modification, the ISTB I design fosters and endorses teamwork. The $51.2-million structure is truly interdisciplinary, housing the new Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, the Center for Metabolic Study, and the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, as well as the social insect research, neural science and engineering, and cell and tissue engineering groups. These departments and groups have access to and share graduate and research education laboratories, offices, conference rooms, support spaces, BSL-3 laboratories, a magnetic resonance suite, data center, and a two-level basement with a 40,000-sf vivarium.

The construction process was put on fast track to meet the needs of new faculty members arriving with their high-profile projects, and to keep up with an accelerated pace of funding. Other challenges of the project were space constraints at the site--located at the very center of a 55,000 student campus and the highly technical aspects of the vivarium, magnetic resonance suite, data center and BSL-3 labs. Construction services included full-time on-site construction supervision and inspections, quality control, safety program, cost monitoring, schedule control, site management, shop drawing administration, change order management, and systems installation.

ISTB I’s design and construction fulfill the need for collaboration and cooperation to promote advances in research.

Project Information
Building Owner:		Arizona State University
Building Location:		Tempe, Arizona UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction
Principal Building Function:		Research and teaching facility
Project Delivery Method:		Construction Management
Project Timeline		Oct 2003 Planning Start Oct 2004 Design Start Nov 2005 Construction Start Apr 2006 Completion Last known status: Completed
Project Cost:		$59,000,000
Construction Cost:		$58,970,608
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$327
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Biocontainment Data Center Education Engineering Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Vivarium
Total GSF:		180,000
Project Team
Architect		Perkins+Will
Builder		Gilbane Building Company
Engineer - MEP		BR+A/Bard,Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers Inc.
Laboratory Planner		GPR Planners Collaborative, Inc.
Profile Created 03/02/2007
Last Updated 10/12/2007
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