Labs take shape in Collaborative Research Center

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A little over two years after the jackhammers and bobcats first went to work on Smith Hall, the end is in sight, and the work on the Collaborative Research Center has progressed both on time and on budget. By late October, work crews from Turner Construction and its subcontractors were installing the last of the lab benches in the renovated floors of Smith Hall (right) and were beginning finishing work in the atrium and meeting rooms of the bridging building. The building’s mechanical systems, now fully installed, will undergo a battery of tests during the winter months to ensure they work at peak capacity and efficiency. Smith and the bridging building are expected to be open by next summer.

At the Comparative Bioscience Center, most of the laboratory and office spaces are now in the final stages of finishing work, with electricians, plumbers and HVAC specialists making their last connections. After Turner hands over the finished building to Rockefeller in mid-December, staff from Planning and Construction, Plant Operations and the CBC will conduct final tests of its systems in preparation for move-ins beginning in February.