H/G Wing Renovation Updates
November 8, 2007
The demolition stage of the project is essentially complete, with the installation of shear walls in the final stages. So far, the project has gone very smoothly, and is on schedule and on budget. Click here to see photos of several areas that will soon change dramatically with dry wall installation.
April 26, 2007
Remodel of Health Sciences G & H Wings Under Way
http://uwnews.org/uweek/uweekarticle.asp?visitsource=uwkmail&articleID=32397
April 9, 2007
After more than 4 years of planning, the renovation of the H and G wings of Magnusson Health Sciences Building is about to begin. The project was initiated when a grant from the National Center for Research Resources of the NIH was funded in 2004 for renovation of PBIO space. The NCRR grant for $3.65 million was matched with $4.35 million from the University of Washington (state allocation) and $0.5 million from the Department. Most of the Department’s commitment will now come from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The following year, the Department of Biological Structure was awarded a $4 million NCRR grant for the 5th floor of G, H and F wings. Matching funds plus additional commitments from the State have expanded the project to include all floors of H wing, with structural, mechanical, and electrical upgrades. The 18-month project will cost $43.2 million. Ambia has been the architect for the project since its inception. The UW has hired Skanska to be the general contractor.
Bids will be opened next week with construction to begin on April 25. Final completion and move in is scheduled for October, 2008.
Upon completion, the Department of Physiology & Biophysics will occupy the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of G and H wing.
To make way for the construction, almost all laboratories and offices are being moved out of the G and H wings. The Carlson, Detwiler, Feigl, Froehner, Hille, Rieke, Sullivan, and Wordeman laboratories will be housed temporarily in the J wing. The Berger lab will move to I-0. The Binder and Fairhall labs and the Departmental office have moved to the Harris Hydraulics Building. The Asbury lab will remain on G2.