Optoelectronic Materials Center

The Center requires the use of hazardous chemicals and gases, many of which are toxic, so the building is designed to handle these substances in a safe manner. The facility provides for containment in the event of an accidental spill and all piping is monitored for leaks. Safety systems are developed so that neither the occupants nor the community are endangered by any accidents or systems failures.

The building addresses a variety of environmental research areas such as pyrogen-free and particle-free class 10,000, 1,000, and 100 rooms. These environments are designed to provide precise temperature, humidity, and pressure control systems developed to provide static-free environments. A water treatment facility is required in order to provide de-ionized and high purity water for laboratories.

The Center and similar facilities for the microelectronics and semiconductor industry share a common building characteristic: they operate 24 hours a day, although they are not occupied at all times. It was therefore important to develop an operational program for all building systems to automatically shift into an economic operation mode during hours the building is unoccupied.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of New Mexico

Owner Contact:

Roger Lujan, Director of Facility Planning

Building Location:

Albuquerque, NM UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

High-Tech Education and Research

Project Delivery Method:

Design/Build

Project Timeline

May 1993	Planning Start
Jul 1993	Design Start
Jan 1996	Construction Start
Apr 1997	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$9,673,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$162

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Cleanroom
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Laboratory: Dry
Laboratory: R&D
Laboratory: Teaching
Research

Total GSF:

59,649

Total NSF:

52,317

Efficiency:

60%

Building Population:

126

People Density:

473 gsf/person

Building Services:

RF isolation and static-free environments, DI and high-purity water, LN2, N2, process chilled H20, chemical waste neutralization, FRP process exhaust

Office Size:

11' x 13' NSF

Power Req:

Connected load: 69 watts/gsf, Demand: 55 watts/gsf

HVAC Req:

2.72 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Shallow continuous and spot footings, special slab and subgrade preparation in vibration-sensitive cleanrooms and lab spaces.

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

25' x 22'

Casework Mat'l:

Steel casework with epoxy resin tops

Fume Hoods:

18: 5'

Project Team

Architect

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)

Architect

SMPC Architects

Consultant - Electrical

P2RS Group

Consultant - Mechanical

Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Consultant - Plumbing

Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Consultant - Structural

Chavez-Grieves Engineers

Consultant - Vibration

Jack Evans & Associates

Contractor

Bradbury & Stamm

Contractor - Cleanroom

Henderson Construction Company

Contractor - Electrical

Gavdner-Zemke Co.

Contractor - Landscaping

Accent Landscaping

Contractor - Mechanical

Miller Bonded, Inc.

Contractor - Plumbing

Miller Bonded, Inc.

Supplier - Fume Hood Controls

Fisher Hamilton

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Fisher Hamilton

Supplier - HVAC

Trane Company

Profile Created 04/01/1997

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