Science Facility | Tradeline, Inc.

A 76,000-sf building addition attaches to the existing Cleaveland Hall and Hatch Science Library by a third-level bridge. 36,000-sf in revovations to Cleaveland Hall -- the existing chemistry facility -- and a partial renovation of the Hatch Science Library reorientates entrances to relate to the existing science quadrangle. The siting of the new addition preserves and enhances the existing quadrangle in front of Cleaveland Hall with entrances to the new building located diagonally at opposite corners.

The Facility houses the biology, chemistry, geology and environmental studies departments and houses technologically advanced laboratories and classrooms designed to serve Bowdoin well into the 21^st century. Moveable partitions permit flexibility in laboratory size, while modular layouts adapt to interchangeable biology or chemistry instruction. The ground level contains classrooms, support spaces and service areas. The first and second levels contain teaching and research laboratories, as well as faculty offices and conference rooms grouped around a central atrium. The central atrium, where students and faculty can mingle informally, is intended to encourage multidisciplinary perspectives on scientific issues.

The exterior of the building addition is predominantly red brick with rectangular windows designed to blend with the existing buildings. The use of glass and metal at the corners of the building differentiates entrances, offices, lounges, conference rooms and greenhouses from the brick laboratory/classroom blocks. Mechanical penthouses are designed in aluminum panels.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Bowdoin College

Owner Contact:

Robert Edwards, President

Building Location:

Brunswick, ME UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction,Renovation

Principal Building Function:

Teaching and Research laboratories

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

Feb 1994	Planning Start
Apr 1994	Design Start
Nov 1995	Construction Start
Aug 1997	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$15,845,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$148

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Life Sciences

Total GSF:

106,900

Total NSF:

62,432

Efficiency:

58%

Building Services:

Propane, various manifold gases (not central)

Office Size:

15' x 10' NSF

Power Req:

15 watts

HVAC Req:

2.41 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Steel braced frame with concrete spread footings

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

20' x 20'

Casework Mat'l:

Clear white maple w/grey epoxy tops

Fume Hoods:

28: 5', 47: 4'

Biosafety Cabinets:

None in contract, by owner

Project Team

Architect

Ellenzweig Inc.

Builder

Suffolk Construction Company

Consultant - Cost Analysis

Vermeulens Cost Consultants

Consultant - Fire Protection

R.W. Sullivan, Inc.

Consultant - Mechanical

BR+A/Bard,Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers Inc.

Consultant - Plumbing

R.W. Sullivan, Inc.

Consultant - Structural

LeMessurier Consultants Inc.

Supplier - Building Automation Controls

Johnson Controls Inc.

Supplier - Casework

The Valley City Manufacturing Company

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Fisher Hamilton

Supplier - HVAC

Trane Company

Profile Created 08/01/1997

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.

Fig. 1

Floorplan

Fig. 2

Science Facility