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CDC Plans Second Construction Phase at Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Lab

Published 10/22/2008

The Centers for Disease Control will initiate construction in January of 2009 on the second phase of the Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases facility in Fort Collins, Colo. The first 165,000-sf phase, representing 80 percent of the completed project, broke ground in August of 2004 and reached completion in May of 2007. Phase two is comprised of the completion of the fourth floor of the facility and is slated for completion in early 2010. The building houses BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratories and is located on Colorado State University’s Foothills campus.