Liquid Crystal Institute/Materials Science Building

Labs are custom designed on a modular basis in an effort to provide the adaptability necessary to allow changes for the life of the facility. The mechanical systems are designed to the current state-of-the-art criteria with redundancy to allow addition of future fume hoods.

The cast-in-place concrete structure provides significant vibration damping to allow for laser intensive photometric laboratory work.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Kent State University

Owner Contact:

R. Michael Brown, University Architect

Building Location:

Kent, OH UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Research Laboratories

Project Delivery Method:

Individual Bid Packages

Project Timeline

Mar 1993	Planning Start
Oct 1993	Design Start
Apr 1995	Construction Start
Oct 1996	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$13,300,000

Construction Cost:

$10,300,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$147

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Auditorium
Cleanroom
Computers
Conference Room
Education
Education: Classroom
Education: Lecture Or Seminar Hall
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Laboratory: Wet
Office

Total GSF:

70,000

Total NSF:

46,000

Efficiency:

65%

Building Population:

245

People Density:

285 gsf/person

Building Services:

Hot and cold water, air, gas, vacuum

Special Equip:

Class 10,000, 1000 and 100 clean rooms; Optical laboratories with intensive laser usage

Office Size:

110 NSF

Structure/Foundation:

Cast-in-place concrete frame and floors with brick veneer & curtain wall.

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

l0'6 x 20'

Casework Mat'l:

Fixed wood benches

Fume Hoods:

36: 5'

Project Team

Architect

BHDP Architecture

Builder

Mosser Construction Co.

Consultant - Electrical

Scheeser Buckley Mayfield

Consultant - Mechanical

Scheeser Buckley Mayfield

Consultant - Structural

THP Limited

Supplier - Building Automation Controls

Phoenix Controls Corporation

Supplier - Casework

Collegedale Casework

Profile Created 10/01/1996

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.

Fig. 1

Exterior (Distance)

Fig. 2

Lab Bench

Fig. 3

Floorplan