McDonnell Pediatric Research Building

The Center is located amongst three prominent hospitals affiliated with the School. Connections provide direct circulation patterns between researchers, animal facilities and adjacent clinical services located in St. Louis Children's Hospital.

The most important feature of the 10-story building is Washington University's research facility space which contains generic laboratories and flexible laboratory support space. The space is designed to current trends for research with the capacity to adapt to future demands. The generic laboratories are designed to accommodate virtually any benchtop research, while the flexible laboratory support space can be tailored to the specific requirements of the individual researchers or departments. The research potion of the Pediatrics Biomedical Cancer Research provides 131,768 nsf consisting of eight generic laboratory floors. Each generic laboratory floor has 5,065 nsf of laboratory support and 7,781 nsf of generic laboratories space. Each generic laboratory floor provides 25 generic laboratory modules, 50 workstations, 10 PI offices and three secretary stations.

The programs that occupy the Center include developmental biology, molecular and cell Biology, infectious and immune disease, pediatrics and allied pediatrics departments. Both the generic laboratories and offices have direct access to natural light. The modular laboratory plan incorporates a linear equipment room concept and generic laboratory module.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Washington University

Owner Contact:

Fred DeWeese, Director, Design & Construction

Building Location:

St. Louis, MO UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Pediatric Biomedical and Cancer Research

Project Delivery Method:

Guaranteed Maximum Price

Project Timeline

Jan 1996	Planning Start
Jan 1996	Design Start
Jul 1998	Construction Start
Jan 2000	Target Completion
Last known status: Construction

Project Cost:

$69,000,000

Construction Cost:

$55,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$243

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Biology
Education
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
Office: Researcher
Retail

Total GSF:

226,000

Total NSF:

146,000

Efficiency:

65%

Building Population:

680

People Density:

330 gsf/person

Building Services:

Natural gas, CO2, N2, O2, vacuum system, cooling towers, process cooling water, chilled water system

Office Size:

115 NSF

Power Req:

15 watts/nsf

HVAC Req:

1.9 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Concrete and structural steel, wide module, one way joist system with caissons

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

11? x 31?

Casework Mat'l:

Wood with epoxy resin

Fume Hoods:

48: 5? bench type

Biosafety Cabinets:

6 single per floor, Class II, 4 double per floor, Class II

Project Team

Architect

Perkins+Will

Architect - Associate

Mackey Mitchell Associates

Builder

Sverdrup Corporation

Consultant - Civil

Heideman & Associates

Consultant - Cost Analysis

Sverdrup Corporation

Consultant - Elevator

John J. Urbikas & Associates

Consultant - Fire Protection

Code Consultants Incorporated

Consultant - Laboratory Planner

GPR Planners Collaborative, Inc.

Consultant - MEP Engineer

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

Consultant - Microclimate

Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, Inc. (RWDI)

Consultant - Structural

Perkins+Will

Profile Created 01/01/2000

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

Exterior

Fig. 2

Floorplan