Bio Center

Published January 1996

Project Information
Building Owner:		Alza Corporation
Building Location:		Mountain View, CA USA
Project Type:		Expansion
Principal Building Function:		Bio-science research and facility.
Project Delivery Method:		conventional
Project Timeline		Jan 1996 Completion Last known status: Completed
Construction Cost:		$24,300,000
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$190
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Laboratory: Wet Vivarium
Total GSF:		127,936
Total NSF:		65,533
Project Team
Consultant - Laboratory Design		Research Facilities Design (RFD)
Profile Created 01/01/1996
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.