Biological Science Research Center

Laboratories are planned around 10'' x 20' modules that allow for reconfiguration. Principal investigators' offices are centrally grouped with laboratories and support spaces designed around an office pod. Laboratory core facilities feature shared support spaces which include fume hood laboratories, darkrooms, environmental rooms and equipment rooms. They are planned around central mechanical shafts to allow for easy access and modification of required services and utilities.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of North Carolina

Owner Contact:

Ann Griffin, Facilities Coordinator

Building Location:

Chapel Hill, NC UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Neuroscience Research

Project Delivery Method:

Bid

Project Timeline

May 1994	Planning Start
Jul 1994	Design Start
Aug 1997	Construction Start
Dec 1998	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$26,267,570

Construction Cost:

$21,297,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$197

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Office: Researcher
Vivarium

Total GSF:

70,180

Total NSF:

108,380

Efficiency:

65%

Building Population:

108

People Density:

1003 gsf/person

Building Services:

Di, compressed air, N2, vacuum

Special Equip:

Environmental rooms, cage wash

Office Size:

120 NSF

Power Req:

4.6 watts/nsf

HVAC Req:

2.3 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Concrete framing with concrete spread footings

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

10' x 20'

Casework Mat'l:

Wood/epoxy resin tops

Fume Hoods:

30: 6'

Biosafety Cabinets:

6: 5', Class IIB

Project Team

Architect

HDR Architecture Inc.

Builder

Metric Constructors, Inc.

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Profile Created 12/01/1998

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

Floorplan

Fig. 2

Exterior