Entomology Building | Tradeline, Inc.

The three-level, 71,020-sf Entomology Building is designed as two wings. Each wing is comprised of four faculty offices and four laboratory suites per level. The lowest level of the east wing houses partially below-grade administrative offices and conference facilities, as well as the building's centralized mechanical and electrical rooms.

The two laboratory wings are linked by a three-story vertical circulation element containing a passenger elevator and public stair. The curving glass enclosure facilitates interaction among its occupants by drawing them from the various laboratories into a unified series of common areas. Both the first- and second-level entrances of the building open directly into these common areas, which also house departmental exhibits, graduate student offices, and other shared facilities.

The sheltered, open courtyard on the west and northwest quadrant serves as another unifying feature of the building. One entrance to the courtyard is from the administrative offices and conference facilities on level one through an extension of the building common area and covered walkway. The area, which links directly to the building service entrance and loading dock, is used for outdoor research and teaching, as well as for departmental social functions.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of California, Riverside

Owner Contact:

Theodore Chiu, Principal Architect, Office of Planning, Design & Construction

Building Location:

Riverside, Calif. UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Research Programs

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

Oct 1999	Construction Start
May 2002	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$18,233,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$256

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Biotechnology
Ecology
Education
Environmental Science
Laboratory
Laboratory: Teaching
Research: Biotech

Total GSF:

71,020

Total NSF:

39,164

Efficiency:

55%

Building Services:

DI, compressed air and gas

Structure/Foundation:

Concrete shear walls with concrete spread footings

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

23' x 10' 6"

Casework Mat'l:

Red Oak casework with epoxy surfaces

Fume Hoods:

29 @ 6'

Biosafety Cabinets:

10 cabinets--Class II, Type B1

Project Team

Architect

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP

Builder

Skidmore Contracting Corporation

Consultant - Fire Protection

Rolf Jensen & Associates

Consultant - Telecommunications

Affiliated Engineers Inc. (AEI)

Consultant - Wind Tunnel Testing

CPP Inc.

Cost Estimator

Davis Langdon Adamson

Engineer - MEP

Affiliated Engineers Inc. (AEI)

Engineer - Civil

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Engineer - Structural

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Laboratory Planner

McLellan & Copenhagen LLC

Landscape Architect

Katherine Spitz and Associates

Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets

NUAIRE Inc.

Supplier - Building Automation Controls

Siemens Building Technologies

Supplier - Carpet

Lees Carpets

Supplier - Casework

Fisher Hamilton

Profile Created 08/06/2003

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

Circulation Element

Fig. 2

Lab/Office Connection