Groundbreaking in July; new rendering released

 
 
Global Animal Health Building renderings
 
 
 
PULLMAN – Fundraising for the School of Global Animal Health Building is continuing as the design development phase comes to an end this month. An updated rendering of the building and site has just been released by WSU Capital Planning and Development (see slide show).
 

Meanwhile, groundbreaking for early site work for the Veterinary Medical Research Building is scheduled in July. Construction is expected to be completed in December 2012. It will be the third building in WSU Pullman’s planned seven-building Research and Education Complex (REC) located between French Ad and Beasley coliseum.

Originally, it was to have been the fourth building in the complex – it still goes by the abbreviation REC 4 – but REC 3 is the Agricultural Research Services (ARS) facility. A joint endeavor between the state and federal government, the ARS building did not receive funding for the 2009-11 biennium and therefore is on hold.

“The College of Veterinary Medicine has been planning for new space to alleviate overcrowding and to allow us to abandon some truly awful research space,” said Bryan Slinker, dean of the college, in a recent report. “The overall result also will repurpose existing space to benefit the whole college.”

Global Animal Health Building

The $35 million first phase of the Global Animal Health Building is funded by $25 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to be matched by $10 million that WSU is raising.

Planned at approximately 60,000 square feet, the building will be sited southeast of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital on the WSU Pullman campus. It will displace a yellow parking lot. WSU parking zone changes planned for fall 2010 include converting the red Alumni Centre lot to the northeast into a yellow lot.

Key features of the phase 1 Global Animal Health research building will include:

* Approximately 20,000 square feet of laboratories, office space and meeting rooms for 12-15 research scientists and their support staff and graduate students.

* A state-of-the-art infectious disease research facility that has been designed and equipped to meet today’s standards for investigating emerging diseases.

A second phase will house the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) and include programs for animal disease diagnostic and research lab operations. Long-term plans include development of high-biosafety level laboratory space for surveillance and test development for diseases such as avian flu and mad cow disease.

This $60-70 million second phase is on hold until state funding is appropriated and authorized. WSU plans to submit the project for state funding. If approved, design would begin in 2011, with construction scheduled for completion in 2015.

 
Agencies working on the building include:
  • Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
  • Mechanical Engineering: Affiliated Engineers N.W., Inc.
  • Electrical Engineering: Affiliated Engineers N.W., Inc.
  • Structural Engineering: KPFF Consulting Engineers (Seattle)
  • Landscape: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
  • Contractor/GCCM: Bouten Construction
 
For additional information on the project go to the following WSU Capital Planning and Development website.
 
Veterinary Medical Research Building

The 128,000 square foot Veterinary Medical Research Building will provide properly equipped and environmentally controlled, state-of-the-art biomedical research and support space for the health science teaching and research programs. A vivarium will house modern animal holding facilities for gene targeted and knockout animals, as well as essential quarantine space and specialized environmentally controlled space for biomedical research.

The $96 million project is funded from state building fee revenue bonds.
 
Agencies working on this building include:
  • Architect: SRG Partnership, Inc.
  • Mechanical Engineering: Arup (Ove Arup & Patners California Ltd.)
  • Electrical Engineering: Arup (Ove Arup & Patners California Ltd.)
  • Structural Engineering: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
  • Landscape: Walker Macy
  • Contractor/GCCM: Lydig Construction
  • Commissioning Agent : Affiliated Engineers N.W., Inc.
  • Lab Planners: Jacobs Consulting
 
For additional information on the Veterinary Medical Research Building project go to the following WSU Capital Planning and Development website.
 
 
 
 
 
Veterinary Medical Research Building renderings
 
For more about WSU building projects go to the Capital Planning and Development website.