Center for Graduate Education and Research in Cardiovascular Science

A five-story atrium connects the 127,000-sf Center to the existing Medical Services Building. The atrium provides exterior views of the campus through floor-to-ceiling glass, drawing together scientist, faculty and student interaction and communication for collaborative research.

The Center laboratory blocks are highly adaptable and generic to facilitate future change in space requirements and advancements in technology. Adaptability in the lab block is reinforced by modular architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical systems. Support spaces are enclosed between open labs with stairs located at either end of the lab blocks.

Precast panels have a split-faced limestone finish with a sandblasted texture and color contrasting the smooth dark brown brick of the Medical Sciences Building.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of Cincinnati

Owner Contact:

Ron Kull, AIA, Assistant VP/University Architect

Building Location:

Cincinnati, OH UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Research Laboratories, Offices and Conference Rooms

Project Delivery Method:

Individual Bid Packages

Project Timeline

Jun 1990	Planning Start
Jun 1990	Design Start
Jun 1993	Construction Start
Dec 1995	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$19,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$150

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Conference Room
Education: Classroom
Education: Lecture Or Seminar Hall
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Wet
Office: Researcher
Vivarium

Total GSF:

127,000

Total NSF:

68,000

Efficiency:

54%

Building Population:

288

People Density:

440 gsf/person

Building Services:

Hot and cold water, R.O., gas, air

Office Size:

110 NSF

Power Req:

1.5 watts/sf

HVAC Req:

1.72 cfm/sf

Structure/Foundation:

Structural concrete frame

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

10'6

Casework Mat'l:

C-frame metal supports with wood/plastic laminate, epoxy tops

Project Team

Architect

BHDP Architecture

Builder

C.V. Maescher & Co.

Consultant - Electrical

H.A. Williams Associates, Inc.

Consultant - Mechanical

H.A. Williams Associates, Inc.

Consultant - Structural

THP Limited

Supplier - Building Automation Controls

Phoenix Controls Corporation

Supplier - Casework

Fisher Hamilton

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Fisher Hamilton

Supplier - HVAC

Air Enterprise, Inc.

Profile Created 12/01/1995

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

Exterior