Science Center | Tradeline, Inc.

In this new facility, research space is significantly increased for faculty-student collaboration; and teaching space is expanded and improved to accommodate the greater emphasis on discovery-based learning in the sciences. Connections are created between departments to facilitate and encourage the increasing interactions between the disciplines, and a safer laboratory environment is provided for faculty and students. The new center includes 80,209 sf of renovations and 150,000 sf of new construction.

The center has been designed to:

Provide first-rate facilities to meet the needs of the laboratory-based sciences at Oberlin for the next 30 years
Permit intellectual flexibility and growth within and between the science disciplines
Strengthen the integration of science education with the other liberal arts, and with institutional life at Oberlin
Create functional and symbolic connections to the Oberlin campus community
Make maximum use of existing facilities and recent renovations

Project Information

Building Owner:

Oberlin College

Owner Contact:

David A. Love, Associate VP Research & Development

Building Location:

Oberlin, OH UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Academic, science center

Project Delivery Method:

Design/Build

Project Timeline

Jul 1996	Planning Start
Oct 1997	Design Start
Oct 1999	Construction Start
Aug 2002	Target Completion
Last known status: Construction

Construction Cost:

$39,300,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$171

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Biology
Chemistry
Education
Education: Lecture Or Seminar Hall
Education: Physics
Laboratory
Library
Research

Total GSF:

228,052

Total NSF:

121,478

Efficiency:

53%

Building Services:

R0/DI water, processing cooling loop, vacuum

Special Equip:

Process cooling loop, greenhouse, animal facility

Office Size:

150 NSF

Power Req:

15 w/nsf

HVAC Req:

1.9 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Concrete frame with flat slab, spread footings

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

11' x 24'

Casework Mat'l:

Wood (red oak) casework with epoxy resin countertops

Fume Hoods:

15 @ 7'; 31 @ 6'; 40 @ 5'

Biosafety Cabinets:

Project Team

Architect

Payette

Builder

Mosser Construction Co.

Consultant - Accoustical

Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, Inc. (RWDI)

Consultant - Audio Visual

Bayly Technology Consulting Inc.

Consultant - Civil Engineer

CT Consultants Inc.

Consultant - Cost Analysis

Vermeulens Cost Consultants

Consultant - Lighting

Warfel Schrager

Consultant - MEP Engineer

BR+A/Bard,Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers Inc.

Consultant - Structural Engineer

Barber & Hoffman Inc.

Pre-construction Management

Turner Construction

Supplier - Building Automation Controls

Siemens Building Technologies

Supplier - Fume Hood Controls

Phoenix Controls Corporation

Supplier - HVAC

Haakon Industries

Profile Created 08/01/2002

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

Science Center