The University of Florida's Veterinary Medicine Academic Wing broadens the research mission of the University, providing teaching facilities and additional needs for the School of Veterinary Medicine.
The ground floor of the facility is zoned into three distinct areas: administrative offices, common lecture rooms and a media center and animal surgery rooms. Animal support facilities are also provided, including small animal holding suites with adjacent animal prep and procedure rooms.
The upper floors provide generic laboratories and research offices for the changing needs of advanced medical research and research grants. The design is based on a racetrack building model for laboratory facilities, providing common instrument rooms and common support spaces at the center with generic laboratories on the perimeter. The integration of these functions provides interaction between teaching and research.
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University of Florida |
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Owner Contact:
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Al Dampe
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Building Location:
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Gainesville, FL UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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New Construction
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Principal Building Function:
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Academic Veterinary Medicine Research Laboratories and Teaching Facility. |
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Project Delivery Method:
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General Contractor
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Project Timeline
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| Sep 1991 | Planning Start |
| Sep 1992 | Design Start |
| May 1994 | Construction Start |
| May 1996 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Construction Cost: |
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$19,973,865 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$143 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Animal Hospital
Conference Room
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Lecture Or Seminar Hall
Healthcare: Surgery
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Office: Researcher
Vivarium
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| Total GSF: |
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139,000 |
| Total NSF: |
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80,620 |
| Efficiency: |
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58% |
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Lab Module:
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11' x 11'
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Casework Mat'l:
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Oak fixed casework
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Fume Hoods:
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38: 6'
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Biosafety Cabinets:
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10: 6', Type A
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Architect
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Flad Architects
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Consultant - Laboratory Programmer
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Research Facilities Design (RFD)
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Consultant - MEP Engineer
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Affiliated Engineers Inc. (AEI)
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| Profile Created 05/01/1996 |
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 |
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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.
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