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The NYC Builds Bio+ November Quarterly Breakfast meeting will highlight Rockefeller University's River Campus, the latest spectacular development undertaken by one of New York City's foremost academic research institutions. Under construction since 2015, the new two-acre campus provides over 160,000 square feet of space - including laboratories, conference rooms, & common areas. By building on university-owned air rights over the FDR Drive, the project allowed Rockefeller to expand its footprint by two acres & create a green roof accessible from the existing campus. The centerpiece of the River Campus, a 750-foot long research building, is designed to help foster collaboration between scientists & to be easily reconfigurable as needs evolve.
The project is notable for the unusual method of construction. In 2016, a barge-mounted crane installed the building's 19 prefabricated steel-and-concrete modules, some weighing more than 1.5 million pounds, in a series of overnight lifts above the FDR Drive. A short video of the construction can be seen here.
Participants in the November Quarterly breakfast will tour the new River Campus after the program.
The program will also include a discussion of the ten common mistakes that developers make when planning for lab use & will look at creative ways of re-purposing existing buildings to become user friendly flexible lab build outs.
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AGENDA:
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Refreshments & Networking
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome & Overview of the Meeting/Tour
Nancy J Kelley, President & CEO of Nancy J Kelley + Associates
Mitchell Simpler, PE, FACEC, Managing Partner, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Designing a Tenant-Friendly Shell & Core Lab Building
Don Crotty, Senior Vice President, Life Sciences Center of Excellence, Skanska USA Building
Mark S. Reed, Principal, LAB/Life. Science. Architecture
In order to support & sustain a vibrant life sciences community, a healthy stock of lab-ready shell & core buildings is a necessity. Too often, developers over-guess the true needs of their tenants & invest in unnecessary infrastructure & design features. A truly tenant-friendly building can save landlords & their tenant base significant costs. This discussion will address ten common mistakes that developers make when planning for lab use & will look at creative ways of re-purposing existing buildings to become user friendly flexible lab build outs.
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Panel Discussion re Design & Construction of the Rockefeller River Campus
Led by Andrea Lamberti, Partner, Rafael Vinoly Architects
More speakers to be announced.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Tour of the Rockefeller River Campus
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