Research and Development Expansion

Project Information

Building Owner:

Ciba Corning Diagnostics

Building Location:

East Walpole, MA USA

Project Type:

Expansion

Principal Building Function:

Research and development for automated lab testing systems and medical diagnostic tests.

Project Delivery Method:

Construction Management (CM)

Project Timeline

Jan 1994	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$18,000,000

Construction Cost:

$15,340,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$177

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Headquarters
Laboratory: Dry And Wet

Total GSF:

86,400

Total NSF:

62,000

Building Services:

Air supply, exhaust, pressurized pure water.

Project Team

Architect

ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge Inc.

Contractor

Columbia Construction

Engineer

Sullivan Partnership

Engineer

CID Associates

Supplier

Strobic Air Corporation

Profile Created 01/01/1994

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.