Chemistry Building Renovation
This structure built in 1971, has been the home to the Physics and the
Chemistry / Biochemistry Departments. While the building was built primarily
as a shell and completed throughout the years, it does not provide the
state-of-the-art facility needed by the Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry. The casual observer when walking along our main pedestrian
walk will notice that fumehood stacks run on the outside of the building. When
inside, a student trying to find a faculty member may have to traverse several
floors and / or two separate wings to find their professors, not exactly a user
friendly environment, either on the exterior or the interior.
With the Physics department now relocated, we are planning to renovate the
spaces vacated by them, and reassign the space to the Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department. Upgrades to the building's systems are included in the renovation,
as are the teaching labs. The departmental offices will be relocated and
improvements to the department's functional adjacencies are planned. The
building has been renamed to reflect its primary tenants.
This facility is also the home to the Center for Structural Biochemistry and the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and its new 800 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(NMR). This NMR is the largest magnet of its kind in an educational institution
in the United States.
This 135,742 GSF renovation / upgrade will take place on multiple floors
throughout the "U" shaped building. There is about 80,000 net assignable
square feet that will hold current and future chemistry programs. The programming has been completed. Einhorn
Yafee Prescott (EYP) has been selected as the architect. Whiting-Turner is the
Construction Manager (CM).
03.01.03 100% construction documents are completed, has asbestos abatement and selected
demolition has occured.
06.25.03 The north wing renovation is complete and the area is
occupied. Abatement, selected demolition and structural reinforcing in
west wing has began.
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completion date: Aug 2004
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