University of Arizona College of Pharmacy's Skaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center Addition and Renovation
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy's Skaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center Addition and Renovation | Tucson, Arizona
The College of Pharmacy’s Skaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center project was a two-story addition to the top of the existing North wing of the College of Pharmacy building and houses new chemistry and biology lab spaces.
The project provided the College of Pharmacy with both new and renovated state-of-the-art research lab facilities to ensure its growth and capacity to adapt to the dynamic and changing fields in pharmaceutical sciences. The critical infrastructure upgrades will allow research scientists to double the research capacity over the next 10 years in areas including pharmacogenomics, drug discovery, pharmacology and toxicology.
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The project scope included research labs, support spaces, and new executive office space. The construction scope included drilled pier foundations, structural steel addition, curtain-wall systems, advanced infrastructure to support the high density of fume hoods, and renovations to existing interior spaces into new biology labs. The work was executed successfully and safely while the pharmacy building remained fully operational. This project provides the College with more than 20,000-sq.-ft. of new space and 10,000-sq.-ft. of renovated state-of-the-art facilities to ensure its growth and capacity to adapt to the dynamic and changing fields in pharmaceutical sciences.
In addition, an underground tunnel connecting two buildings and a new pharmacy museum was added to the scope of work.
