Rennebohm Hall/School of Pharmacy

The facility houses BL-2 suites (planned for potential adaptability to BL-3 suites), an animal care facility with barrier containment suites, an analytical instruction center and fermentation rooms. The generic research laboratory space can be adapted to support research in synthetic chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology, and pharmaceutics.

Laboratory floor layouts are based on generic laboratory units and modular support rooms. This provides the University with maximum flexibility to meet future needs. The generic laboratory unit consists of three laboratory modules to accommodate four to six researchers. The laboratory support functions are accessible directly from the laboratory and are shared between researchers. Additionally, each laboratory has a linear equipment room. On typical laboratory floors, an interstitial space above the linear equipment room allows direct access to mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems that service the laboratories.

The School of Pharmacy's functional zoning requirements are reflected in the overall massing of the building. Administrative and undergraduate instructional spaces are located in the two-story base of the building. Generic research labs are grouped together in the building tower. The total building height, including the research tower, is limited to seven stories. Both the building base and tower are clad in brick with punched openings. Special elements of the base and tower are expressed in a painted metal panel system or aluminum and glass curtain wall. Daylight opens into the lobby/commons, the main student corridor, generic laboratories and senior faculty offices.

This facility is intended as the first stop toward the implementation of the University's Integrated Health Sciences complex on the West Campus. It addresses all aspects of the school's space needs for current usage as well as for projected growth in its programs.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Owner Contact:

Russ Van Gilder, AIA, Project Manager

Building Location:

Madison, WI UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Education and Laboratory Research

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

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

Project Cost:

$46,227,700

Construction Cost:

$35,326,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$169

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Biology
Chemistry
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Education: Faculty Office
Laboratory: Research
Office: Researcher
Pharmacology
Research: Pharmaceutical
Vivarium

Total GSF:

209,488

Total NSF:

135,818

Efficiency:

65%

Building Population:

2222

People Density:

94.3 gsf/person

Building Services:

Medical vacuum, instrument air, specialty gases

Office Size:

150 NSF

Structure/Foundation:

Steel and concrete frame with concrete spread footings

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

10'4

Casework Mat'l:

Rift cut oak casework with epoxy resin countertop

Fume Hoods:

51: 6', 25: 8', 5: 4'

Biosafety Cabinets:

7: Class II Type A; 5: Class II Type B2 and 5: Class II Type B3

Project Team

Architect

Perkins+Will

Architect

Potter Lawson

Consultant - Civil

Johnson, Johnson & Roy, Inc.

Consultant - Cost Analysis

J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc.

Consultant - Electrical

Arnold & O'Sheridan

Consultant - Fire Protection

PSJ Engineering, Inc.

Consultant - HVAC Engineer

Ring & Duchateau

Consultant - Laboratory Planner

GPR Planners Collaborative, Inc.

Consultant - Landscape Architect

Ken Saiki Design

Consultant - Plumbing

PSJ Engineering, Inc.

Consultant - Structural

Arnold & O'Sheridan

Consultant - Value Engineering

Smith Hinchman & Grylls, Inc.

Profile Created 09/25/2000

Last Updated 02/08/2007

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