Graduate Science Research Center
Occupancy: 1998
Published November 1998
The 140,000-sf Graduate Science Research Center at the University of South Carolina houses an Animal Resources Facility and research space for the University's chemistry department. The project is the first of a new research quadrangle being built on the campus. The facility is five stories with a basement compatible with existing facilities.
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.
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University of South Carolina |
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Owner Contact:
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Charlie Jeffcoat, Director of Facilities Management
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Building Location:
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Columbia, SC UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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New Construction
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Principal Building Function:
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Animal Care Facilities |
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Project Delivery Method:
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Design/Build
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Project Timeline
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| Dec 1995 | Planning Start |
| Jan 1996 | Design Start |
| Apr 1997 | Construction Start |
| Nov 1998 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Project Cost: |
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$31,000,000 |
| Construction Cost: |
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$28,000,000 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$177 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Chemistry
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Laboratory: Research
Office: Researcher
Research
Vivarium
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| Total GSF: |
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82,602 |
| Total NSF: |
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158,068 |
| Efficiency: |
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52% |
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Building Population:
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340
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People Density:
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465 gsf/person
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Building Services:
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Distilled water, N2, natural gas, vacuum
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Special Equip:
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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
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Office Size:
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140 NSF
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Power Req:
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12 watts/gsf
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HVAC Req:
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3.03 cfm/nsf
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Structure/Foundation:
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Concrete sheer wall system on spread footings
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Lab Module:
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10' 8" x 28'
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Casework Mat'l:
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Custom wood with epoxy resin tops
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Fume Hoods:
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98: 6', 57: 8'
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Biosafety Cabinets:
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3: 4', Class II, Type A
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Architect
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets
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The Baker Company
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Supplier - Fume Hoods
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Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
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| Profile Created 11/01/1998 |
| 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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Floorplan
Exterior Rendering courtesy of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. Notes:
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