Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

The laboratory is constructed adjacent to the existing veterinary necropsy facility to permit the handling of samples that flow from this area into the labs. The facility is two stories, with a basement located below the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The main entrance is situated on the same level as the existing necropsy facility and also connects with the Veterinary School's main building.

The main level houses virology, bacteriology, grossing labs, hi-stop pathology, clinical pathology, specimen accessioning, faculty offices, and biosafety labs (BL 2 and BL 3). A two-story skylit atrium is located on the main level: the east facade joins with the existing brick and glass block wall linking the new construction with the old.

The second level houses several research labs, parasitology, toxicology, a breakroom, a conference room and staff offices with file storage areas. The basement includes facilities for specimens and archive storage for slides and blocks. The facility's mechanical systems are also located in the basement.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of Georgia

Owner Contact:

Dr. Doris Miller, DVM, PhD, Director

Building Location:

Athens, GA UNITED STATES

Project Type:

Expansion

Principal Building Function:

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Project Delivery Method:

Design/Build

Project Timeline

May 1996	Planning Start
May 1996	Design Start
Sep 1997	Construction Start
Sep 1998	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$4,950,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$150

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Animal Hospital
Conference Room
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Office: Researcher

Total GSF:

33,000

Total NSF:

27,000

Efficiency:

81%

People Density:

550 gsf/person

Building Services:

Vacuum, emergency generator, point-of-use Di

Special Equip:

Two C02 manifolded tank systems, seven point-of-use fume extraction arms, five in-lab ventilated gas cylinder storage cabinets, three stainless steel grossing work stations, one ventilated work station, one AA Canopy

Office Size:

150 NSF

Power Req:

15.18 watts/nsf

HVAC Req:

.75 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Varied (spread footings, caissons, direct bearing on rock), post tension concrete slabs, reinforced conrete beams

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

10' x 40'

Casework Mat'l:

Wood, epoxy resin, stainless steel

Fume Hoods:

1: 4'general purpose, 1: 5' general purpose, 8: 6' general purpose, 1: 6' perchloric acid, 1: 6' nitric acid, 1: 6' walk-in

Biosafety Cabinets:

8: Class II, Type AI BL 3

Project Team

Architect

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)

Consultant - Civil

Cecil Chan & Associates, Inc.

Consultant - Fire Protection

Nottingham Brook & Pennington

Consultant - MEP Engineer

Nottingham Brook & Pennington

Consultant - Structural

Cecil Chan & Associates, Inc.

Profile Created 09/01/1998

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