Fort Detrick, Md.
The National Institutes of Health has selected Gilbane as construction manager for a proposed Integrated Research Facility (IRF) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Located on approximately six acres, the facility is intended to support research at BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4. The proposed IRF may provide as much as 150,000 gsf of floor space, housing laboratory space for animal research, radiology equipment, mechanical space, and a waste-handling area. The building will enable researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to study disease-causing microbes. Groundbreaking is expected to occur in late spring of 2005. Completion is scheduled for 2007.
