Rice University commissioned the BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) to enable researchers and physicians from the Texas Medical Center to partner with Rice University scientists and engineers on bioscience and biotechnology research. At 477,000–sf and 10 stories tall, the BRC is the largest academic building in Rice’s history. The building base houses a vivarium, 280-seat auditorium, 100-seat seminar room,
The $167 million Galveston National Laboratory is one of only two such facilities funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease/National Institutes of Health that serves as part of a national biodefense network. This 172,000-sf state-of-the-art biocontainment research facility provides much-needed laboratory space for researchers from around the United States and includes BSL-4
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is a research facility where over 3,500 research projects are conducted in a year. In order to support their continual research, a new lab facility was required to aid researchers located in the South Campus. The new multi-disciplinary research facility is a five-story, 78,000-sf addition to the existing
IMEG performed the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing commissioning for this BSL-3 and BSL-4 laboratory. Pre-functional performance commissioning was performed during the construction phase of the project. Functional performance commissioning began at project completion. The facility consists of a 35,000 sf, single-story bio-medical research laboratory complex which ranks in the top facilities capable of studying emerging
IMEG provided structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology engineering design services for the new Robert T. Hamilton Poultry Teaching and Research Facility at Iowa State University (ISU). The complex is a modern, state-of-the-art facility hosting educational and research spaces for poultry breeding and genetics, housing systems, flock management, nutrition, food safety and microbiology, behavior and
IMEG, with supporting sub-contractors, was retained as the Commissioning Authority for Bayer’s (formerly Monsanto) new technology lab and administration building, providing the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, life safety systems, building envelope and Americans with Disability Act (ADA) review. The project received LEED Gold certification per the guidelines in LEED 2009. Services covered design, construction, and occupancy
IMEG provided engineering design services for the new Vermeer Applied Technology Hub at Iowa State University’s Research Park. The new building houses offices, shop spaces, laboratories, collaborative meeting space, and an equipment bay for industrial and agricultural equipment that the company manufactures. The facility provides opportunities for full-time students at Iowa State to have close-to-campus,
The William H. Danforth Wing is a new, 80,000-sf research building addition to the 136,000-sf Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, the world’s largest independent nonprofit research institute focused on plant science. Primary goals of the project were to provide a flexibile, state-of-the-art research wing that could adapt to future changes in the
