Interdisciplinary Laboratory Building

This 10-story Interdisciplinary Laboratory Building will include seven floors of research laboratory space, two floors of vivarium space, and a penthouse housing mechanical systems. Flexible lab space will be utilized to accommodate a variety of NIH funded research programs. The facility will be adaptable for special needs such as radioisotope use, BSL-3 space, the vivaria, and other specific needs. The building will be an integral part of the surrounding campus and will be connected via second level bridges to adjacent buildings.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of Miami

Building Location:

Miami, Florida UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Interdisciplinary research laboratory

Project Timeline

Dec 2003	Planning Start
Oct 2004	Design Start
Jun 2007	Target Completion
Last known status: Construction

Construction Cost:

$50,400,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$277

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Biocontainment
Education
Interdisciplinary Research
Laboratory
Research
Vivarium

Total GSF:

182,000

Project Team

Architect

Karlsberger Companies

Builder

Moss & Associates

Engineer - MEP

Newcomb & Boyd

Engineer - Civil

Kimley Horn & Associates Inc.

Engineer - Structural

Walter P. Moore & Associates

Laboratory Planner

Karlsberger Companies

Profile Created 01/01/2006

Last Updated 04/28/2006

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

Lab Interior

Fig. 2

Lab Interior