The 178,000-sf facility provides laboratory functions on three levels with office, support, and meeting functions organized around the central lab core. Architecturally, the framework for the new laboratory building was developed from the inside out with the lab modules as the primary influence for the size and shape of the structure. The final configuration was established efficiently, maximizing the available site area. Functional adjacencies and occupancy requirements were the first priority for planning the facility resulting in an interactive environment for the new home of these two important State agencies.

Project Information
Building Owner:		State of Minnesota, MDA Agriculture Laboratories and MDH Public Health Division
Building Location:		Saint Paul, Minnesota UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction
Principal Building Function:		Co-location lab building for two Minnesota departments
Project Delivery Method:		General Contractor
Project Timeline		Jun 2003 Construction Start Sep 2005 Completion Last known status: Completed
Construction Cost:		$60,000,000
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$337
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Building Information
Project Includes:		Biology Biomedical Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory
Total GSF:		178,000
Project Team
Architect		Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)
Construction Management		CPP Inc.
Consultant - Telecommunications		Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)
Engineer - Civil		Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)
Engineer - Electrical		Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)
Engineer - Mechanical		Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)
Engineer - Structural		Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA)
Laboratory Planner		CUH2A Inc.
Profile Created 08/22/2007
Last Updated 10/12/2007
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.