Graduate Science Research Center

The chemistry department consists of synthetic chemistry, biochemistry and physical chemistry laboratories. Research support facilities include a mass spectrometry laboratory, cleanrooms, magnetic resonance facilities, a hazardous reactions room, x-ray diffraction facilities and a machine shop.

The Animal Resource Facility is a 30,000-sf area consisting of animal housing, animal surgery and shipping and receiving facilities. Animal housing includes large- and small- animal rooms as well as space for transgenic manipulations and a unique breeding colony of perimyscus mice.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of South Carolina

Owner Contact:

Charlie Jeffcoat, Director of Facilities Management

Building Location:

Columbia, SC UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Animal Care Facilities

Project Delivery Method:

Design/Build

Project Timeline

Dec 1995	Planning Start
Jan 1996	Design Start
Apr 1997	Construction Start
Nov 1998	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$31,000,000

Construction Cost:

$28,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$177

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Chemistry
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Laboratory: Research
Office: Researcher
Research
Vivarium

Total GSF:

82,602

Total NSF:

158,068

Efficiency:

52%

Building Population:

340

People Density:

465 gsf/person

Building Services:

Distilled water, N2, natural gas, vacuum

Special Equip:

Necropsy table, surgical lights, animal watering system, tunnel-style cage and rack washers, hazardous reactions room, Class 1,000 and 10,000 clean rooms, NMR, flammable chemical storage depot

Office Size:

140 NSF

Power Req:

12 watts/gsf

HVAC Req:

3.03 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Concrete sheer wall system on spread footings

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

10' 8" x 28'

Casework Mat'l:

Custom wood with epoxy resin tops

Fume Hoods:

98: 6', 57: 8'

Biosafety Cabinets:

3: 4', Class II, Type A

Project Team

Architect

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)

Consultant - Civil

Site Consultants, Inc.

Contractor

M.B. Kahn Construction Company

Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets

The Baker Company

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Profile Created 11/01/1998

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