Medical Sciences Building | Tradeline, Inc.

To promote interaction between researchers, the lab modules are symmetrically located around the equipment support spine and are divided by centrally located classrooms and conference areas. The research building is integrated with the campus by a 6,000-sf landscaped plaza. A three-story atrium in the center of the plaza provides informal gathering and interaction areas for researchers.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Owner Contact:

Mary Broughton, Director of Architecture

Building Location:

Richmond, VA UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Medical Research

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

Jul 1987	Planning Start
Mar 1988	Design Start
Mar 1992	Construction Start
Jun 1996	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$20,250,000

Construction Cost:

$18,965,550

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$124

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

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

Total GSF:

124,825

Total NSF:

68,433

Efficiency:

55%

Building Population:

1356

Special Equip:

Glassware washing, animal rack washing, standby generator, cold rooms, glove boxes, BL-3

Office Size:

100 NSF

Structure/Foundation:

Concrete framing with concrete spread footings

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

21' x 30'

Casework Mat'l:

Metal, modular, epoxy and stainless steel

Fume Hoods:

48, 12: 4' (radioactive)

Biosafety Cabinets:

30: 5'

Project Team

Architect

HDR Architecture Inc.

Architect

Marcellis, Wright, Cox & Smith

Builder

Tompkins Builder

Consultant - MEP Engineer

The Sigel Group

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Profile Created 06/01/1996

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

Fig. 3

Laboratory