MN Dept. Agriculture/MN Dept. Health Lab
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Project: MN Dept. Agriculture/MN Dept. Health Lab
City: St. Paul
State: MN
Architect: Hammel Green & Abrahamson
Owner: State of Minnesota
Completion: 2005
Value: More than $20M
Description:
The Laboratory Building is a state of the art co-location for two Minnesota Departments located in the Capital area in Saint Paul. Co-locating both the Departments allows opportunities for shared information, knowledge and facilities. The 178,000 square foot facility provides laboratory functions on three levels with office, support and meeting functions organized around the central lab core. The framework for the new laboratory building has been developed from the inside out with the lab modules as the primary influence for the size and shape of the structure. The Lab is the largest state facility of its kind in the nation, and will house 200 scientists and staff. It will also serve as a training center for both state and visiting scientists. The construction schedule was an aggressive sixteen months.
- State of the art Lab Building, extensive Mechanical and Electrical systems, comparable to the CDC in Atlanta, GA
- 176,000 SF of space on 3 levels, partial basement, 19,000 SF Penthouse
- Connected to Skyway to Office Building
- Over 7,500 CY of cast in place concrete
- Structural decks poured in 10,000 to 12,000 CY pours, all pumped
- Pecco SK400 tower crane utilized, 245 feet of stick
- 620 Tons of Rebar
- 5,000# concrete mix on structural slabs, columns and walls, some sidewalks featuring exposed granite aggregate
- 300 Tons of Structural Steel
- Over 1,200 CY of Precast Concrete
- Over 700 pieces of Precast, 69,000 SF of panel area, most of which has Travernelle Limestone cast into the panel
- 160+ Fume hoods
- 17 separate gases piped to various locations throughout building
