The State of Connecticut has selected Flad & Associates to design a renovation to their emergency response laboratory facility in Hartford. Flad is providing full architectural design services including programming and planning for the renovation of 2,500 sf of biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory and support space to provide the State Department of Public Health with state-of-the-art holding and testing areas for hazardous substances and material. The BSL-3 suite, including a Biocontainment lab and Tuberculosis lab, will replace the existing labs presently providing this function. The lab will be equipped with an air lock, showers, and gowning area. The renovation is currently in design and construction is scheduled to begin in October of 2002, with completion slated for 2003. The construction budget is $1.7 million. Other team members include Vanderweil Engineers of Boston, providing MEP engineering. A contractor has not yet been selected.
State of Connecticut Renovates Biocontainment Lab
Hartford, Conn.
