Science Building Addition
Occupancy: 1994
Published July 1993
The 97,000-sf building addition to California State University, Fullerton's existing 300,000-sf Science Building consolidates hood- and MEP-intensive laboratories for the physics, geology, chemistry and biology departments. The existing building was also remodeled to include dry labs, classrooms, computer spaces and faculty offices.
The addition consists of two large floors and a partial basement. The facility, designed to allow teaching and research functions to occupy separate floors, reflects faculty concerns about accessibility, student traffic and security.
The building layout relates to the users' desire to share equipment and laboratory support services among departments. The biology and chemistry departments requested their departments not be separated, but be adjacent to each other in order to share resources. The physics' laboratories had particular requirements for electrical power, instrumentation and vibration isolation. Core labs include laser/optics, low- and high-resolution spectroscopy, interferometry, fiber optics and holography. Power and utility services are fed to the physics labs from overhead trunk lines running in adjacent service corridors.
Labs are located on a slab-on-grade which is structurally isolated from adjacent spaces to minimize the transfer of any vibration within the building.
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California State University, Fullerton |
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Owner Contact:
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Jay Bond, Vice President, Facility Planning & Construction
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Building Location:
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Fullerton, CA 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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Research and Teaching Laboratory |
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Project Delivery Method:
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Bid
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Project Timeline
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| Jan 1986 | Planning Start |
| Sep 1987 | Design Start |
| Jan 1991 | Construction Start |
| Jul 1993 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Project Cost: |
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$25,800,000 |
| Construction Cost: |
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$19,400,000 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$186 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Biology
Chemistry
Computers
Education
Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Education: Physics
Geology
Laboratory: Dry And Wet
Life Sciences
Research
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| Total GSF: |
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97,000 |
| Total NSF: |
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60,000 |
| Efficiency: |
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62% |
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Building Population:
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795
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People Density:
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99 gsf/person
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Building Services:
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Di, natural gas, compressed air, vacuum, sea water
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Power Req:
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7.5 watts/nsf
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HVAC Req:
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2 cfm/nsf
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Structure/Foundation:
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Spread footing/steel framing
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Lab Module:
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11' x 36 '
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Casework Mat'l:
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Modular wood or acid-resistant laminate w/epoxy tops or acid-resistant laminate tops
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Fume Hoods:
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150; 3'x 8'
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Biosafety Cabinets:
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14; 3?, 4? , 6?
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Builder
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McCarthy Building Companies Inc.
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Consultant - Laboratory Design
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Research Facilities Design (RFD)
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| Profile Created 07/01/1993 |
| 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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Floorplan Floorplan
Lab Lab Photo courtesy of Anshen+Allen Architects
Exterior Photo © Timothy Hursley, courtesy of Anshen + Allen Architects Notes:
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