Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Occupancy: 1998
Published September 1998
The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, a service unit of the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine and the Georgia Department of Agriculture, is a replacement facility for several outdated buildings. The laboratory facility now provides diagnostic services to veterinary practitioners, livestock producers, companion animal owners, wildlife conservationists, clinicians of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and state and federal animal disease regulatory officials. All service units are combined in the facility to handle the potentially hazardous materials normally encountered in lab and pathology work.
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.
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University of Georgia |
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Owner Contact:
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Dr. Doris Miller, DVM, PhD, Director
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Building Location:
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Athens, GA UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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Expansion
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Principal Building Function:
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Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory |
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Project Delivery Method:
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Design/Build
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Project Timeline
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| May 1996 | Planning Start |
| May 1996 | Design Start |
| Sep 1997 | Construction Start |
| Sep 1998 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Construction Cost: |
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$4,950,000 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$150 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Animal Hospital
Conference Room
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Office: Researcher
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| Total GSF: |
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33,000 |
| Total NSF: |
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27,000 |
| Efficiency: |
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81% |
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People Density:
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550 gsf/person
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Building Services:
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Vacuum, emergency generator, point-of-use Di
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Special Equip:
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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
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Office Size:
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150 NSF
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Power Req:
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15.18 watts/nsf
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HVAC Req:
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.75 cfm/nsf
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Structure/Foundation:
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Varied (spread footings, caissons, direct bearing on rock), post tension concrete slabs, reinforced conrete beams
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Lab Module:
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10' x 40'
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Casework Mat'l:
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Wood, epoxy resin, stainless steel
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Fume Hoods:
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1: 4'general purpose, 1: 5' general purpose, 8: 6' general purpose, 1: 6' perchloric acid, 1: 6' nitric acid, 1: 6' walk-in
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Biosafety Cabinets:
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8: Class II, Type AI BL 3
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Architect
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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| Profile Created 09/01/1998 |
| 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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Exterior Rendering courtesy of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc.
Floorplan Notes:
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