Eli Lilly and Company's $52-million renovation of a five-story, 425,000-sf building houses new lab and research support areas for teams of scientists. Originally built as an automobile manufacturing plant in the 1920s, the renovation and construction of 40,000 sf of new space, converted existing lab, storage and cafeteria space into new state-of-the-art laboratories and formulation areas for more than 400 researchers and staff.

 Nearly every lab unit can be appropriate for nearly any project without significant refit of space due to a minimum of fixed casework. Placing the emphasis on moveable tables and shelving with overhead utility service columns allows the labs to be configured in a myriad of ways. Modular formulation areas near the labs bring bench scale development and pilot scale development into one facility. The formulation labs are used by any of the research teams for development studies up to and including production of clinical trial material.

The primary challenge of the 600-foot long building was air distribution, both supply and exhaust. Without consuming large amounts of floor area or creating too many separate systems, two new large HVAC chases are placed at the ends of the building where air supply fans, ductwork and exhaust fans are located.

Exterior renovations consist of an all-new precast concrete skin and window system to update its appearance and, most importantly, to provide a weather-tight overcladding for the existing aging concrete frames. New stair towers and a five story atrium added to the building provide circulation and interaction areas to reinforce the notion of a synergistic, team-oriented workplace. The interior, likewise, reinforces team interaction with copy centers, conference rooms, coffee stations and a deli concentrated at the center of the building to coax people into places where chance meetings become commonplace.

Project Information
Building Owner:		Eli Lilly and Company
Owner Contact:		Fritz Frommeyer or Dave Needler, Facilities Delivery Engineering
Building Location:		Indianapolis, IN UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction,Renovation
Principal Building Function:		Development labs for pharmaceutical products
Project Delivery Method:		Fast Track
Project Timeline		Apr 1994 Planning Start Jul 1994 Design Start Apr 1995 Construction Start Oct 1996 Completion Last known status: Completed
Project Cost:		$53,000,000
Construction Cost:		$40,000,000
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$133
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Laboratory: Dry And Wet Office Pilot Plant Product Development R&D
Total GSF:		425,000
Total NSF:		190,282
Efficiency:		62%
Building Population:		450
People Density:		944 gsf/person
Building Services:		Vacuum, compressed air, N2,house vacuum, process hot and cold water, 30 psi steam, potable H&C H2O
Special Equip:		NMRs, LC Mass Spectrometers, GC Mass Spectrometers, FTIR, Fluid Bed Dryers, Coating Pans, Tray Dryer, Environmental Chambers, Lyophilizers, Atomic Absorber, Spectrophotometer, Electron Microscopes, Robotics
Office Size:		144/120/64 NSF
Power Req:		24.30 total watts/nsf
HVAC Req:		2 cfm/nsf
Structure/Foundation:		Existing structure
Laboratory Parameters
Casework Mat'l:		Metal; mixture of fixed and movable tables; movable and adjustable shelving systems
Fume Hoods:		75, 5'hoods three 6' hoods two 8' walk-ins
Biosafety Cabinets:		16, 6' class II, type B2
Project Team
Architect		Flad Architects
Consultant		Affiliated Engineers Inc. (AEI)
Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets		NUAIRE Inc.
Supplier - Furniture		Fisher Hamilton
Profile Created 11/01/1997
Last Updated 04/04/2006
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