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Industrial Laboratories

Scope

Mechanical design for 40,000 square foot, 2-story office building with a 36,000 square foot lab building.

Owner
Columbian Chemical Company

Mechanical Contractor
Batchelor & Kimball

Prime Consultant
Johnson, Spellman & Associates

Construction Cost
$15,000,000 (total)
$5,000,000 (mechanical)

Special Circumstances

• Architecturally sensitive building required careful coordination.

• 40,000 CFM air-conditioning system serving the laboratory building.

• 71,000 CFM stainless steel general fume exhaust system serving fume hoods and equipment. This system includes final filtration stage and dual exhaust fans.

• 70,000 CFM conditioned and humidity controlled make-up air system serving the laboratory building.

• 44,000 CFM, high velocity particulate exhaust system including dust collection.

• Custom, dual tunnel, 114,000 CFM air-handling unit serving the air conditioning and make-up systems.

• Three air-cooled chillers with total capacity of 680 tons of cooling.

• Tempered water system for process cooling.

• Four dedicated humidity control air-handling units serving specific laboratories.

• Complete DDC integrated control system.