The University of Michigan has selected Gilbane Building Company as construction manager for its new 10-story, 215,000-sf academic medical center dedicated to ophthalmology and Type 1 diabetes. Partners include Cambridge architects Stubbins Associates and Clark Construction. The approximate completion date for the $78-million expansion is June 2009. The first three floors are devoted to clinics, the fourth to surgery, and floors five through eight are dedicated to research. The eighth floor houses the pathogen-free vivarium, with a penthouse on the ninth. The facility connects to the Kellogg Eye Center and will house six operating suites, pre-surgical testing, patient prep and recovery, and clinical space. The project is seeking LEED® certification.
University of Michigan Constructs Eye and Diabetes Research Center
Ann Arbor, Mich.
