The new science building houses a complex program of teaching and research labs, laboratory support spaces, faculty and department offices, tiered and traditional classrooms, computer labs, greenhouse, and other spaces. The building is organized to provide appropriately sized flexible space for major program components. Clear and understandable circulation paths define the zones for these program elements and provide common space for chance meetings and interdisciplinary interaction. The three-story building has Environmental Studies and Health and Exercise Science on the first floor, Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) on the second floor, and Chemistry on the third. This arrangement locates the most hood intensive areas closest to the air handling units and exhaust fans located in the attic mechanical room.

Project Information
Building Owner:		Gettysburg College
Owner Contact:		Rhonda Good, Assistant Provost for the Sciences
Building Location:		Gettysburg, PA UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction
Principal Building Function:		Instructional and Research
Project Timeline		Dec 1998 Planning Start Mar 1999 Design Start Sep 2000 Construction Start Aug 2002 Target Completion Last known status: Construction
Project Cost:		$25,000,000
Construction Cost:		$17,500,000
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$181
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Biology Chemistry Computers Education Education: Classroom Education: Faculty Office Greenhouse Laboratory: Research Laboratory: Teaching
Total GSF:		96,500
Total NSF:		44,500
Efficiency:		64%
Building Population:		500
People Density:		193 gsf/person
Building Services:		Gas, air, vacuum, steam
Special Equip:		Magnetic resonance and laser equipment
Office Size:		150 NSF
Power Req:		1.55 w/nsf
Structure/Foundation:		Reinforced concrete structure, steel frame superstructure
Laboratory Parameters
Lab Module:		10' 8" x 29'
Casework Mat'l:		Wood (maple), epoxy resin
Fume Hoods:		Chemical fume hoods: 10 @ 4', 29 @ 5', 42 @ 6'; Radioisotope hood: 1 @ 4'; Perchloric acid hood: 1 @ 4'
Project Team
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.