University of Colorado Boulder Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building E-Wing Addition and Renovation

This addition located on the East Campus of CU Boulder offers state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories and classrooms to support current and future interdisciplinary programs for the BioFrontiers Institute, the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Division of Biochemistry. This highly sensitive, 57,500-sf, three-level addition with a fourth-level mechanical room was built using cast-in-place concrete to meet the minimal vibration standards for a lab research building with sensitive equipment. Seismic monitors were located throughout the existing building’s labs to manage any impacts during construction so that research could continue without interruption. The original contract was core and shell and included the new and renovated connector space, new entrances, academic classrooms, conference rooms and bathrooms.