Health Sciences Center | Tradeline, Inc.

The design mandate for the Center establishes a clear physical identity for each of the three faculties. Beyond its primary role, the Health Sciences Center links to the existing Medical College, enabling it to share common public functions. The Center's massing and proportions are complementary with those of the Medical College.

The building is clad in a palette of travertine marble utilizing various finishes. A series of intimately-scaled landscaped courtyards divided administrative functions and classrooms from the research and teaching laboratories. An entrance arcade links each facility entrance with a formal garden.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Kuwait University/Ministry of Public Works

Owner Contact:

Dr. Eng. Nasser K. Bourislee

Building Location:

Jabriyah KUWAIT

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Research Facility

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

Nov 1992	Planning Start
Feb 1995	Design Start
Sep 1998	Construction Start
Sep 1999	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$81,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$129

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Auditorium
Biotechnology
Computers
Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Education: Multimedia
Healthcare: Ambulatory Outpatient Clinic
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Nursing
Vivarium

Total GSF:

624,300

Total NSF:

402,500

Efficiency:

64%

Building Services:

DI, N2, compressed air, vacuum, gas

Structure/Foundation:

Concrete frame and footings

Laboratory Parameters

Casework Mat'l:

Cherry wood with epoxy tops

Project Team

Architect - Design

The Stubbins Associates Inc

Consultant - Architect

Kuwait Technical Consulting Office

Consultant - Civil

Weidlinger Associates

Consultant - MEP Engineer

SAR Engineering, Inc.

Consultant - Structural

Weidlinger Associates

Profile Created 09/01/1999

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

Fig. 2

Floorplan