Technology and Science Complex (TASC2)

The $59.9 million, 85,000-sf TASC2 includes space for kinesiology, biochemistry, health, earth science, microscopes, lasers, spectrometers, and computing network services. It also provides undergraduate classrooms, space for fisheries research, audio recording studios, faculty offices, and administration offices.

The TASC2 is a modular building that flexibly accommodates the variety of uses of a multi-disciplinary science building. One wing that is divided in the middle by a corridor with lab-width spaces on either side, for example, can just as easily accommodate two corridors lined with offices. Similarly, the lab modules can be doubled up to become classroom modules. A separate wing keeps offices out of the labs. The building also includes an animal research facility and a nanotech and materials sciences lab with vibration-free spaces and cleanrooms.

Researchers pay for any customization they require. The generic design allows for “plug and play” to a variety of systems including HVAC, low-flow fume hoods, and central spines with access to utilities and power.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Simon Fraser University

Building Location:

Burnaby, British Columbia CANADA

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Graduate research facilities, faculty offices

Project Delivery Method:

Construction Management

Project Timeline

Apr 2005	Construction Start
Oct 2006	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$52,863,358

Construction Cost:

$43,603,004

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$387

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Atrium
Auditorium
Biochemistry
Biology
Cleanroom
Education
Education: Faculty Office
Education: Lecture Or Seminar Hall
Interdisciplinary Research
Laboratory
Laboratory: Dry And Wet
Laboratory: Nanotechnology
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Materials Science
Office
Research
Vivarium

Total GSF:

136,390

Total NSF:

85,030

Building Population:

220

People Density:

620 gsf/person

Project Team

Architect

Chernoff Thompson Architects

Builder

Stuart Olson Constructors Inc.

Cleanroom Planner

KTEC Cleanroom Systems

Consultant - Accoustical

BKL Consultants in Acoustics

Consultant - Audio Visual

McSquared System Design

Consultant - Surveyor

BTY Group

Engineer - Electrical

R.A. Duff & Associates Inc.

Engineer - Mechanical

Keen Engineering

Engineer - Structural

Bush Bohlman & Partners Ltd.

Landscape Architect

Durante Kreuk Ltd.

Profile Created 11/01/2006

Last Updated 11/17/2006

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

Fig. 3

Office Space