Biomedical Research Tower

Published January 1991

Project Information
Building Owner:		St. Jude Children's Hospital
Building Location:		Memphis, TN USA
Project Type:		New Construction
Principal Building Function:		Bio-medical research (virology, molecular giology, genetics, tumor cell biology, immunology, hematology) laboratories with BL-3 labs, tissue culture and instrumentation rooms, dark room, cold rooms, glass washing area, media prep space and UV microscope.
Project Delivery Method:		Construction Management (CM)
Project Timeline		Jan 1991 Completion Last known status: Completed
Construction Cost:		$35,307,717
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$125
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Education: Library Laboratory: Research Vivarium
Total GSF:		283,738
Project Team
Profile Created 01/01/1991
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.