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Released January 22, 2013 | SUGAR LAND
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Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--On any given day, in any given state, odds are good that a major construction project is under way on a university campus to build a research facility. A recent analysis of Industrial Info's Pharmaceutical Tracker - Online Database pulled a random sampling of five such projects already under construction across North America. Without regard to cost or size for inclusion, the projects nevertheless illustrate what kind of life science buildings are being built at universities and why. The five projects are worth a total of $680 million, resulting in an average project total investment value (TIV) of an impressive $135 million.
Few projects of this magnitude spring up overnight, with the majority taking years of planning. With state budgets scrambling for dollars, it is somewhat remarkable to see so many large projects move forward and actually be in construction. With state dollars not readily available, a number of schools are actively seeking and successfully landing private financing. The reasons and design behind many of the projects are varied, yet all tend to follow several common themes.
Translational research is at the top of every major university's planning agenda, as it speeds up the process of getting drugs or treatments to the patient--in effect, shortening the "bench to bedside" timeline. Collaborative research environments allowing multiple disciplines (i.e. biology, engineering) to work together in an open setting is a leading trend, as well.
A look to the West Coast finds construction under way at the University of California, San Diego campus for the $269 million Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute in La Jolla. Zimmer Gunsul Frasca (Los Angeles, California) designed the seven-story, 300,000-square-foot facility to provide collaborative research labs and offices for clinical investigators, informatics researchers, and biomedical scientists. Rudolph & Sletten (Redwood City, California) is serving as the project's construction manager. When complete in early 2016, the facility will focus on the integration of genetic sequencing technologies into patient diagnosis and treatment.
A hop across the Pacific to Hawaii reveals active construction at the University of Hawaii campus at Manoa in Honolulu. Designed by the team of Shimokawa Nakamura, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca and Jacobs Consultancy (lab planning), the $103 million, five-story, 150,000-square-foot Cancer Research Center is being built to meet LEED Silver sustainable design standards. A.C. Kobayashi Construction (project manager and lead contractor) began construction of the project in October 2010, which is scheduled to be complete in February 2013.
Michigan is the home of two major life science projects under construction. One is located in downtown Kalamazoo. Western Michigan University is investing $68 million to create the W.E. Upjohn School of Medicine. The project, designed by S/L/A/M Collaborative, is renovating a 320,000-square-foot building that was donated by life science company MPI Research (Mattawan, Michigan). Detroit's Walbridge Construction began demolition last spring and has now begun construction of the new facility. A 30,000-square-foot addition will be added to the original building, which, when complete in the spring of 2014, will feature research laboratories, a simulation center, classrooms, faculty and administrative offices, and an auditorium. The project's name is in honor of William Erastus Upjohn, MPI Research CEO William Parfet's great grandfather, who moved from Hastings, Michigan to Kalamazoo to start The Upjohn Company in 1885.
A couple of hours to the east of Detroit, Wayne State University is building the $93 million Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Building. The 200,000-square-foot building is a blend of 75,000 square feet of new construction and the renovation of 125,000 square feet of existing space, all outfitted to serve programs in bioinformatics, computational biology, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, biomedical engineering, and systems biology. Harley Ellis Devereaux (Southfield, Michigan) designed the project to meet LEED Silver sustainable design standards, and it will house wet and dry research laboratories, administrative and clinical space. General contractor Barton Malow (Southfield, Michigan) began construction in October 2012, with completion set for May 2015.
A little further to the south, the Middle Tennessee State University campus in Murfreesboro is the site for a new $147 million science building. The 250,000-square-foot building will provide advanced research in a collaborative setting to support the school's "STEM" (science, technology, engineering and math) educational initiative. The facility was designed by the joint venture of Thomas Miller & Partners (Brentwood, Tennessee) and Hastings Architecture Associates (Nashville, Tennessee) to include seven teaching laboratories, along with advanced instrumentation suites. Turner Construction began construction on the project in May 2012, with completion set for June 2015.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
Few projects of this magnitude spring up overnight, with the majority taking years of planning. With state budgets scrambling for dollars, it is somewhat remarkable to see so many large projects move forward and actually be in construction. With state dollars not readily available, a number of schools are actively seeking and successfully landing private financing. The reasons and design behind many of the projects are varied, yet all tend to follow several common themes.
Translational research is at the top of every major university's planning agenda, as it speeds up the process of getting drugs or treatments to the patient--in effect, shortening the "bench to bedside" timeline. Collaborative research environments allowing multiple disciplines (i.e. biology, engineering) to work together in an open setting is a leading trend, as well.
A look to the West Coast finds construction under way at the University of California, San Diego campus for the $269 million Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute in La Jolla. Zimmer Gunsul Frasca (Los Angeles, California) designed the seven-story, 300,000-square-foot facility to provide collaborative research labs and offices for clinical investigators, informatics researchers, and biomedical scientists. Rudolph & Sletten (Redwood City, California) is serving as the project's construction manager. When complete in early 2016, the facility will focus on the integration of genetic sequencing technologies into patient diagnosis and treatment.
A hop across the Pacific to Hawaii reveals active construction at the University of Hawaii campus at Manoa in Honolulu. Designed by the team of Shimokawa Nakamura, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca and Jacobs Consultancy (lab planning), the $103 million, five-story, 150,000-square-foot Cancer Research Center is being built to meet LEED Silver sustainable design standards. A.C. Kobayashi Construction (project manager and lead contractor) began construction of the project in October 2010, which is scheduled to be complete in February 2013.
Michigan is the home of two major life science projects under construction. One is located in downtown Kalamazoo. Western Michigan University is investing $68 million to create the W.E. Upjohn School of Medicine. The project, designed by S/L/A/M Collaborative, is renovating a 320,000-square-foot building that was donated by life science company MPI Research (Mattawan, Michigan). Detroit's Walbridge Construction began demolition last spring and has now begun construction of the new facility. A 30,000-square-foot addition will be added to the original building, which, when complete in the spring of 2014, will feature research laboratories, a simulation center, classrooms, faculty and administrative offices, and an auditorium. The project's name is in honor of William Erastus Upjohn, MPI Research CEO William Parfet's great grandfather, who moved from Hastings, Michigan to Kalamazoo to start The Upjohn Company in 1885.
A couple of hours to the east of Detroit, Wayne State University is building the $93 million Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Building. The 200,000-square-foot building is a blend of 75,000 square feet of new construction and the renovation of 125,000 square feet of existing space, all outfitted to serve programs in bioinformatics, computational biology, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, biomedical engineering, and systems biology. Harley Ellis Devereaux (Southfield, Michigan) designed the project to meet LEED Silver sustainable design standards, and it will house wet and dry research laboratories, administrative and clinical space. General contractor Barton Malow (Southfield, Michigan) began construction in October 2012, with completion set for May 2015.
A little further to the south, the Middle Tennessee State University campus in Murfreesboro is the site for a new $147 million science building. The 250,000-square-foot building will provide advanced research in a collaborative setting to support the school's "STEM" (science, technology, engineering and math) educational initiative. The facility was designed by the joint venture of Thomas Miller & Partners (Brentwood, Tennessee) and Hastings Architecture Associates (Nashville, Tennessee) to include seven teaching laboratories, along with advanced instrumentation suites. Turner Construction began construction on the project in May 2012, with completion set for June 2015.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
