College of Veterinary Medicine, Sisson Hall

The complex program is organized around clearly marked public space and circulation paths that provide for an open and collegial environment. The primary public space is a double height department "living room" that looks out on to a new academic green. Secure areas such as the research labs are located on the upper two floors of the building thus removing them from the major public circulation routes and giving them efficient access to lab exhaust fans which are in the mechanical attic space of the building's traditional sloped roof.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Ohio State University

Owner Contact:

John Frazier

Building Location:

Columbus, OH UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Research and Instructional

Project Timeline

Oct 1997	Planning Start
May 1998	Design Start
Aug 2000	Construction Start
Aug 2002	Target Completion
Last known status: Construction

Project Cost:

$27,000,000

Construction Cost:

$21,500,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$184

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Education: Lecture Or Seminar Hall
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Library
Vivarium

Total GSF:

109,000

Total NSF:

56,403

Efficiency:

52%

Building Population:

500

People Density:

141 gsf/person

Building Services:

Gas, vacuum, DI

Office Size:

140 sf NSF

Structure/Foundation:

Reinforced concrete foundation, steel frame superstructure

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

10' x 22'

Casework Mat'l:

Metal with chemical resistant laminate top

Fume Hoods:

Chemical fume hoods: 26 @ 4'; radioisotope: 2 @ 4'

Biosafety Cabinets:

25 @ 4', Class II Type A

Project Team

Architect

Ballinger

Architect

Braun & Steidt Architects Inc

Builder

P.J. Dick

Consultant - Hazardous Materials

PSI Engineers

Consultant - Landscape Architect

Kinzelman/Kline

Consultant - Lighting

The Lighting Practice

Consultant - MEP Engineer

Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Inc.

Consultant - Structural Engineer

Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Inc.

Contractor - Electrical

Buckeye Electrical Co.

Contractor - Plumbing

Croson-Teepe Mechanical Contractors

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.

Fig. 1

Sisson Hall