Building R14 | Tradeline, Inc.

As with many of Abbott's other laboratory buildings, the lab spaces are arranged along both sides of a central utility corridor running the length of the building. This space allows the utilities to travel from their sources in the lower level mechanical rooms to the lab benches. In other buildings, this corridor is normally locked and accessible only to maintenance personnel. In R14, this utility corridor is open and directly accessible to the labs. Designated spaces are provided for storage cabinets, ice machines, portable equipment, and other items that can be shared with neighboring labs, saving valuable lab floor space.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Abbott Laboratories

Building Location:

Chicago, IL UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Research & development laboratories: 50 percent Chemistry/ 50 percent Analytical

Project Delivery Method:

Individual Bid Packages

Project Timeline

Aug 1996	Planning Start
Aug 1996	Design Start
Apr 1997	Construction Start
Jul 1998	Target Completion

Project Cost:

$34,500,000

Construction Cost:

$27,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$304

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Laboratory: R&D

Total GSF:

113,400

Total NSF:

53,600

Efficiency:

47%

Building Population:

140

People Density:

383 gsf/person

Building Services:

HW, CW, chemical waste, compressed air, distilled water, nitrogen, vacuum, steam

Office Size:

10'x10'/8' x 8' NSF

Power Req:

Lighting: 0.75-1.25 w/nsf Equipment: 5-10 w/nsf

HVAC Req:

3.53 cfm/Lab nsf 1.6 cfm/gsf

Structure/Foundation:

Steel with metal deck

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

Project Team

Architect

McClier

Supplier - Casework

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Supplier - Fume hoods

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Profile Created 10/01/1999

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

Exterior View

Fig. 2

Laboratory

Occupying two floors are 35 analytical labs on the first floor and 35 chemical development labs on the fourth.