Bar Harbor, Maine
The Jackson Laboratory completed construction of the $6 million Importation/Isolation Facility in Bar Harbor, Maine, in September of 2010. Housing 22,500 sf of laboratory space, the three-story facility was designed by RMW architecture & interiors of Sacramento, Calif., and built by Consigli Construction of Portland, Maine. The MEP engineer was WBRC A/E of Bangor, Maine, with Becker Structural of Portland as structural engineer. The Importation/Isolation Facility houses laboratories, support, mouse distribution, and cryopreservation storage. Operations will commence in the facility in spring of 2011. BIM was utilized in the design and construction of the project to successfully coordinate building systems.
