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Construction

The EMD Serono Research Center is a multi-phased pharmaceutical project, anticipated to total approximately 318,000 SF. Phase 1 consists of the 56,700 SF EMD Serono Research Center existing lab building and a 17,000 SF Biotech Center.

Subsequent phase will include three additional research and development building (one of them is currently under construction) and an 80,000 SF processing facility. In addition, 600 parking spaces will be accommodated on site in a phased structure parking facility. The expansion of the existing lab building is currently under construction as of 2010.

Construction of the EMD Serono Research Center existing lab building began in November, 1999 and completed in March, 2002. The contractor was linbeck/Kennedy & Rossi using a fast-track method. The total cost of the project was $15 million.

Mechanical

The building receives conditioned supply air from 3 air handling units (AHU). The mechanical room in the basement and the animal rooms on the 1st floor are conditioned by AHU-3 which is located in the basement and supplies a total of 5,000 cfm. The rest of the basement and administration offices on 1st and 2nd floor are conditioned by AHU-2 in the penthouse with 19,000 cfm total. AHU-1 is located in the penthouse and supplies a total of 45,000 cfm conditioned air to the rest of the building which includes bio/chemical lab, cold rooms, containment lab, and tissue rooms.

One 350 ton centrifugal chiller is located in the basement. Two steam boilersa 350 and a boiler feed water pump is located in the penthouse. A 350 ton cooling tower and a 60 ton air cooled chiller are located on the roof adjacent to the penthouse.


Note:
While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work-in-progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Shiyun Chen. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design.

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