This four-story, 180,000 SF building is being constructed in the Eastlake neighborhood to accommodate future biotech and research laboratory tenants. Shell and core construction of this project includes soldier piles, mass/structural excavation, auger cast piles, site utilities, cast-in-place concrete, shot concrete, curtain wall/cladding systems, roofing, elevators, finish work, and design-build MEP systems. The structure will include underground parking, labs, offices, and roof top hardscape area. Construction is scheduled for 15 months with an anticipated completion date of April 2010. This project is pursuing LEED® Silver Certification.

This 219,000 SF lab and biotech facility consists of two, five-story buildings in the heart of Mission Bay. The structural steel buildings feature a completely unitized skin system and house lab, research, and development spaces. The project also included the build-out of the lobby which features a Chihuly original glass fixture. A public park, located between the two buildings and a local parking structure, features common areas with cast-in-place concrete benches and colored asphalt. The park is a component of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s Green Belt Park Program which requires a new park to be installed with all new construction in the Mission Bay area. This project is currently pursuing LEED® Silver Certification.

Located in the Ninth and Stewart building in downtown Seattle, this project for Seattle Children’s Research Institute was Phase II of a plan to accommodate the Pediatric Research Group. The build-out on the fifth, sixth, and tenth floors included research, lab, and office space. Additional projects completed during Phase II included the remodel of the first floor lobby and renovation to various spaces throughout the entire facility. Due to working in an occupied space, all disruptive work was completed off-hours to accommodate the current tenants. Building Information Modeling (BIM) was utilized for the coordination of the complex MEP systems throughout the facility.

Located in the Ninth and Stewart building in downtown Seattle, this project for Seattle Children’s Research Institute is Phase I of a plan to accommodate the Pediatric Research Group. Children’s Hospital is planning to expand their research programs to support 1,000,000 SF in four phases. Phase I includes a new, 17,000 SF vivarium in the basement and a portion of the first floor. Two air-handling units and a 600-ton chiller were installed in the basement to support the new lab space. Additional interior improvements associated with this project include added lab space as well as revisions to 85,000 SF of existing lab space on the upper floors. Design and construction of the new vivarium and lab improvements was completed within a fast track, six-month schedule with one month for commissioning.

GlaxoSmithKline's campus expansion was built to triple the existing MPL production capacity. The support facility consists of 12 different buildings, including a boiler plant, a chiller plant, emergency generator facilities, H2 solvent distribution facility, support services building, office space, and quality control labs. The new office structures house administrative and executive offices, a café, and an employee fitness center. Renovations and demolition to the existing facility required heavy integration of service tie-ins with the already operating facility, as well as the modular manufacturing facility.

To minimize disturbance to the fully-operational campus, this project was built with an aggressive schedule to meet deadlines for GSK. From construction ground-breaking to owner occupancy, the project was completed in 14 months.

Bayer’s new Innovation Center occupies floors 1, 3, and 4 of Building 3 at the 455 Mission Bay Boulevard South Block 26 project that BNBuilders recently completed. The new 60,000 SF MEP design-build project includes wet and dry labs, research space, a vivarium, and common areas including an employee break room and conference areas. The new vivarium spans 5,000 SF on the first floor and houses a gown-in room, anti-room, fume hoods, lab benches, and a cold room. The wipe-down facility includes both BSL-1 and BSL-2 labs adjacent to the vivarium. Although the project is not LEED certified, it has been constructed with LEED compliant features such as low-flow water fixtures, a partial green roof, and over 75% jobsite recycling.

Nektar relocated their corporate headquarters from San Carlos into Building 2 of the 455 Mission Bay Boulevard Block 26 project that BNB recently completed for Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. The tenant improvement now occupies all five floors of Building 2 with an option of the second floor of Building 3. The 100,000 SF project includes offices, research and development labs, a vivarium, and pre-clinical spaces.

BNB provided General Contractor services to construct this signature speculative tenant project for Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Located in South San Francisco, the East Jamie Court project consists of two, four-story structures linked by a circular pedestrian plaza. Buildings 1 & 2 accommodate three floors of lab space and office space. Each building has an exterior service yard and trash enclosure as well as a full mechanical penthouse on the roof. The two buildings also feature high-end skin systems consisting of GFRC, metal panels, and curtainwall systems. The site is developed alongside the SF Baylands and includes a new section of Bayland (BCDC) Trail. The pedestrian plaza includes custom colored concrete and stone paving, seating areas, and a grand staircase leading down to the Bayland Trail. This project is LEED® Certified.

This design-build project for Bayer consolidated the Seattle locations to the new Lynnwood campus. The facility supports quality control, process development, and GMP warehouse services for the FDA licensed therapeutic protein Leukine. The expansion to the existing campus consists of a new 5,200 SF GMP warehouse, 3,000 SF of FDA validated quality control and process development labs, and 11,000 SF of tenant improvements. This 10-month project was completed January 2008.

The build out of the existing 249 East Grand Avenue building will include labs, a vivarium, offices, server space, fitness center, and support spaces. The lab areas of the first and second floor include a NMR room, reagent and compound storage rooms, and chemistry lab. A mass spec lab and biology lab with a tissue culture lab space and freezer room are also part of the floors’ facilities. A vivarium suite for rodents includes features such as holding rooms and procedure rooms with wash, receiving, staging, and storage rooms. The remaining square footage will be devoted to a state of the art fitness center, break rooms, conference rooms, and 23 offices. The concrete demolition, concrete pour, lab casework, door framing and hardware are all being self-performed by BNBuilders.

In addition to the build-out of lab space, the project included conference rooms, an exercise facility, employee cafe, rest rooms complete with showers, and a main lobby. All work was completed in an occupied building which required extensive coordination with both the building owner and the adjacent tenants. All disruptive work was scheduled off-hours to avoid any disruption to the occupants.

1616 Eastlake is occupied by three tenants: Fred Hutchinson, the University of Washington, and Ikaria Inc. The 40,000 SF space is split 50% wet labs and 50% office space. The labs feature fume hoods, metal lab casework with epoxy tops, vacuum service, emergency power, and specialty bio-level rooms. In addition, shared support services for all three labs include an autoclave, glass wash, and a common vacuum system. The Ikaria lab showcases a vivarium suite with four specialty walk-in fume hoods with custom lab gas piping, cage/bottle wash, DI water systems, and specialty equipment exhaust.

Accelerator is a 19,000 SF facility developed by Dr. Leroy Hood. The project was constructed within an existing building and is intended to house individual start-up research companies. The overall facility includes nine suites with office and lab spaces. In addition to typical lab facilities, Accelerator also houses each tenant’s headquarters including offices, high-tech connectivity, and conferencing facilities. These project components are shared among all tenants within this very successful project. The Accelerator project had a very aggressive schedule. BNBuilders’ team members worked closely to proactively plan and phase all construction activities. The project was completed within five months.

This 65,000 SF tenant improvement within an existing five-story shell consisted of two levels of research and development labs, one level of support and corporate offices, mechanical rooms, and two levels of parking. ISB presented many challenges. It had an extremely aggressive schedule; programming began in April with an early December occupancy. The shell was new, but originally intended as a multi-tenant office building. As a result, clear height in most areas was only 10’5”, slabs were post-tensioned with maximum dead load capacity of 5 PSF, and vertical penetrations were essentially limited to two existing shafts. This challenge was compounded by two elements: 1) Offices required upgrades of HVAC capacity to 100% outside air to accommodate potential conversion to labs. 2) 25% spare capacity was added to the mechanical and electrical systems to allow for future expansion. BNBuilders completed this project 18 days ahead of the contractual completion date with limited overtime.