PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Departments of Biology & Chemistry at Valdosta State University demonstrated sufficient need to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to secure funding for this 148,000 SF Laboratory Building. The IPG design team was awarded the project based upon nearly twenty-five years of service to the University System of Georgia and experience and expertise in laboratory building types. The building contains an administrative suite with 41 offices, 11 classrooms, 22 teaching laboratories, 19 research laboratories, 3 auditoriums, 2 conference rooms, plus seminar rooms, and support space. The building is sited adjacent to historic West Hall with the architectural style in context with the existing Spanish Mission architecture of the campus. Comparable massing was a design issue on the tight building site. The building design utilizes a three-story atrium with clerestory lighting to separate laboratory spaces from classrooms, offices, and other support spaces. Four (4) greenhouses at rooftop level can simulate different climatic conditions for botany study. IPG provided construction administration producing field reports, managing monthly meeting minutes, responding to Requests for Information, reviewing shop drawings, and managing all elements of construction administration.