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SRI Opens Marine Science R&D Facility

Published 12/21/2009

SRI International celebrated the opening of its 37,000-sf marine R&D facility in St. Petersburg, Fla., in December of 2009. The $11 million facility can accommodate 100 investigators and staff engaged in marine science and technology research. The two-story building was designed by HOK and built by Manhattan Construction Company. The facility includes laboratories, offices, classrooms, conference rooms, a machine shop, and a hangar bay. SRI-St. Petersburg was developed in collaboration with the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science and its Center for Ocean Technology.