In collaboration with Fentress and Kling Stubbins Architects this medical research complex is comprised of 1,528,000-sq-ft of laboratory, office and research facility spaces as well as a 3o0 seat auditorium. Situated on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver, Colorado phase 1 of this complex is broken into two buildings of nine and eleven stories connected with sky-bridges at three levels. Tower one contains a 38,000-sq-ft basement housing a Vivarium served by two dedicated air handlers and an exhaust system. The area mainly serves four rodent housing areas, which utilize a robotic system of cage washers and handlers.

Phase 2 of this complex is connected to the complex via an underground tunnel.  The building is an eleven-story, 503,000-sq-ft research facility containing wet labs, BSL3 lab, laboratory support facilities, offices, conference spaces and another 45,000-sq-ft vivarium.

 

The chilled water and steam services are served from a central utility plant located on the campus. In addition, the building uses a water heating system generated via steam-hot water heat exchangers. The second floor is mainly occupied by the air handlers serving the entire building.

 

The 3rd – 11th floors consist of wet labs and procedure rooms, which occupy over 75% of each floor with the remaining space made up of support facilities, offices and conference rooms.