Thursday, March 27, 2014

McCarthy Completes Construction for $113 Million LEED Platinum-Designed UCSD Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility in La Jolla, CA

  
 Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility
 at the University of California,
San Diego, (UCSD) in La Jolla
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Biomedical science students and faculty striving to solve the world’s most critical health problems now have access to one of the most sustainable laboratories in the country with the completion of the new Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility at the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) in La Jolla. A dedication ceremony was held March 6 to celebrate the completion.

Built by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., and designed by the Portland, Ore., office of ZGF Architects LLP, the new 196,000-square-foot facility is located on a 3.3-acre site within the UCSD Health Sciences campus.

 It will accommodate new and expanded multi-departmental programs, including bioinformatics, genomic medicine, gastrointestinal medicine, childhood diseases, pathology, immunology, inflammation, psychiatry, cardiology, neurosciences, infectious diseases, and glycobiology. The building is expected to achieve LEED Platinum Certification.

University of California campus
The new Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility was designed to foster collaboration between scientists in the region and worldwide, allow them to share critical data, and enhance the university’s ability to attract the best and brightest researchers from around the globe.

Mark A. Rowland, principal architect and project manager for UCSD, heads the university’s Facilities Design and Construction office charged with implementing the $113 million project.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Bonnie Kutch,bkutch@kutchco.com
Susan Garritano, sgarritano@mccarthy.com

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