Hudson Weber Cancer Research Center

The Cancer Research Center is a four-story vertical expansion. The new laboratory area contains 48 research lab modules, 600 sf each. Support space and research offices are located on each floor. Fit up of previously shelled basement space now accommodates animal research. A redesignation of medical/surgical nursing units to specialized oncology nursing units is also part of the program.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Wayne State University

Owner Contact:

Mike Elliot, Assistant Vice President

Building Location:

Detroit, MI UNITED STATES

Project Type:

Expansion,Renovation

Principal Building Function:

Cancer Research

Project Delivery Method:

Design/Build

Project Timeline

Jun 1990	Planning Start
Jul 1996	Design Start
Jun 1997	Construction Start
Dec 1998	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$20,800,000

Construction Cost:

$16,800,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$222

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Healthcare: Cancer Center
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
Office: Researcher

Total GSF:

75,500

Total NSF:

53,000

Efficiency:

70%

Building Population:

210

People Density:

430 gsf/person

Building Services:

Air, vacuum, R.O.

Special Equip:

Two radioisotope labs

Office Size:

11' x 11' NSF

Power Req:

Lighting: 12 watts/sf

Structure/Foundation:

Steel structure, concrete caissons

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

20' x 35'

Casework Mat'l:

Metal, composite

Fume Hoods:

1: 6'

Project Team

Architect

SMP/SHG Incorporated

Builder

Turner Construction

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

Exterior

Fig. 2

Floorplan