Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Historic restoration efforts focus on preserving key historical aspects of the building such as its Beaux-arts exterior and the entry lobby, which is distinguished by columns, lattice girders and skylight domes. In addition, restoration efforts focus on returning the building's interior light courts to their original function. The light courts had been filled-in during an aggressive 1940's remodeling effort.

Much of the project focuses on the seismic strengthening of the building, since it is located near the Hayward fault. After reviewing a range of seismic strengthening systems, the university decided to base-isolate the entire building. This solution provides the seismic improvements necessary to protect the building and its occupants and minimized the impact of the seismic strengthening on the historic fabric of the building.

The building houses the department of materials science and mineral engineering, containing research and teaching laboratories, faculty and graduate student offices, classrooms and administrative and support spaces. Using a modular system, the laboratories are designed around a logical reflection of the science and engineering functions as opposed to the ownership of space. This is done to create more opportunities for student and faculty interaction in technical spaces. A 10' x 24' module is used for wet lab bench layouts. These labs provide ample space for a flexible laboratory furniture system and five-foot wide aisle within the lab. For teaching and research requiring more need for apparatus and instrument space and less bench space, a 15' x 32' module is used. This module accommodates a wide range of floor-standing apparatus that can be located within the lab as well as freestanding electronics racks, computer workstations and ancillary apparatus.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of California, Berkeley

Owner Contact:

Rob Gayle, Project Manager

Building Location:

Berkeley, CA UNITED STATES

Project Type:

Expansion,Renovation

Principal Building Function:

Material Sciences and Mining Engineering Laboratories

Project Delivery Method:

Bid

Project Timeline

May 1996	Planning Start
Jul 1996	Design Start
May 1998	Construction Start
Nov 2000	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$62,000,000

Construction Cost:

$46,500,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$338

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Engineering
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Materials Science
Office: Researcher

Total GSF:

137,000

Total NSF:

72,000

Efficiency:

53%

Building Population:

250

People Density:

549 gsf/person

Building Services:

Dl, N2, CA, PCW, HW/CW, Telecom

Special Equip:

SEM, TEM, class 100,000 clean room, Laser Suite

Office Size:

150 NSF

Power Req:

7-12 watts/nsf

HVAC Req:

4 cfm/nsf and 2.7 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Base isolation

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

10' x 24' and 15' x 32'

Casework Mat'l:

Steel, epoxy countertops and sinks

Fume Hoods:

48: 6'

Project Team

Architect

NBBJ

Consultant - Historic

Page & Tumbull

Consultant - MEP Engineer

Affiliated Engineers Inc. (AEI)

Consultant - Structural

Rutherford and Chekene

Profile Created 11/01/2000

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