Photo courtesy of SmithGroup and Timothy Hursley, Photographer.

The 120,000-sf building consists of three floors above ground and two below. A 9,500-sf MRI suite is located on the basement level and currently houses three magnets including one large enough to view the human brain. Two electron microscopes in a 2,000-sf EM suite and a glasswash/media prep area of 2,200 sf are also on the basement level. The sub-basement houses a 16,700-sf non-barrier vivarium. The area contains a BSL-2+ holding room and automatic watering and bottle filling systems.

Computational biology, a 95-seat auditorium, and an "indoor/outdoor" café are on the first floor. Wireless networking is available at the Broad Café, the courtyard, and grassy area immediately adjacent to it. Behavioral biology is on the second floor and the third floor houses structural biology. Each floor contains a conference room, lounge and library areas supported by kitchenettes, casual meeting rooms, interactive areas, and lab support and office areas. The ratio of lab space to lab support space in the Broad Center is one-to-one.

The 10' x 26' lab modules are designed with the latest modular equipment to allow the greatest amount of flexibility when rearranging labs and offices for future use at a minimal cost. Designed to be the most secure building on campus, building and lab access is monitored via a card reader system.

Project Information
Building Owner:		California Institute of Technology
Owner Contact:		Bill Irwin, Director of Facilities Management
Building Location:		Pasadena, CA UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction
Principal Building Function:		Biological Science Research
Project Delivery Method:		Guaranteed Maximum Price
Project Timeline		Jan 1999 Planning Start Nov 1999 Design Start Oct 2000 Construction Start Sep 2002 Completion Last known status: Completed
Project Cost:		$61,000,000
Construction Cost:		$47,000,000
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$392
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Auditorium Biochemistry Biology Biomedical Biotechnology Cafeteria Chemistry Education Education: Biology Education: Chemistry Education: Lecture Or Seminar Hall Engineering Laboratory Laboratory: Biomedical Research Laboratory: Chemistry Laboratory: Research Laboratory: Teaching Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Office: Researcher Research
Total GSF:		120,000
Total NSF:		74,700
Efficiency:		62%
Building Population:		257
People Density:		398 gsf/person
Building Services:		Vacuum, water, DI water, compressed air, natural gas
Special Equip:		Human 3T Development Magnet; 9.4T Rodent Development Magnet; 4.7 Vertical Bore Development Magnet; Electron Microscope; Kryoelectron Microscope
Office Size:		200 NSF
Power Req:		33 watts/nsf
HVAC Req:		Variable air volume supply and exhaust with 100% exhaust form the laboratory and vivarium areas
Structure/Foundation:		Concentrically braced steel frame
Laboratory Parameters
Lab Module:		10' x 26'
Casework Mat'l:		Clear maple cabinets; Black epoxy countertops
Fume Hoods:		23 @ 5'
Biosafety Cabinets:		24 cabinets
Project Team
Architect - Design		Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Architect - Executive		SmithGroup
Builder		Rudolph and Sletten Inc.
Consultant - Accoustical/AV		Ove Arup and Partners
Consultant - Civil Engineer		KPFF Consulting Engineers
Consultant - Code		Schirmer Engineering
Consultant - Cost Analysis		Davis Langdon Adamson
Consultant - Curtain Wall		Curtain Wall Design and Consulting
Consultant - Food		Cini-Little International Inc.
Consultant - Laboratory Planner		Kornberg Associates
Consultant - Landscape Architect		Land Images
Consultant - Lighting		Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Consultant - MEP Engineer		Ove Arup and Partners
Consultant - Specifications		Eileen Kopelson Specifications
Consultant - Structural Engineer		Ove Arup and Partners
Engineer		Intertec Design Inc.
Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets		Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
Supplier - Casework		Dow Diversified
Supplier - Curtainwall		C/S Erectors Inc.
Supplier - Framing Installation		Berger Brothers
Supplier - Fume Hoods		Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
Supplier - Granite		Cold Spring Granite
Supplier - Millwork		Roy E. Whitehead Inc.
Supplier - Steel		Pohl Inc.
Supplier - Steel		Nisshin Steel
Supplier - Terrazzo		Corradini Corporation
Supplier - Travertine		Marriotti
Supplier - Travertine Installation		DBM/HATCH Inc.
Supplier - Windows		Viracon
Supplier- Ornamental Metal		Columbia Fabricating Company
Profile Created 03/17/2004
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.

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