University of Wisconsin
The Mathews Chemistry Laboratories and the Daniels Chemistry Building, built for the Department of Chemistry in 1963 and 1967 respectively, originally provided the required research space for the University of Wisconsin's Department of Chemistry. However, the aging buildings fell behind current standards for safe and productive laboratories.

University of California, Riverside
The Department of Entomology at UC Riverside is known for its research programs in biological control, integrated pest management, and exotic pests. After the three structures that housed the University's Department of Entomology were deemed seismically unsafe, the University sought a replacement facility that would provide the Department with offices, laboratory support facilities, and new modern lab facilities necessary to sustain instructional and research programs in the fields of Biotechnology/Molecular Entomology, Environmental Toxicology, Behavior and Chemical Ecology, Biological Control, Urban/Medical/Veterinary Entomology, and Agricultural Entomology/Integrated Pest Management.