UW Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery

Daily Reporter Staff//September 29, 2021//

By: Daily Reporter Staff//September 29, 2021//

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UW-Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery

This 67,450-square-foot building is meant to support the Wisconsin meat industry by aiding in the development of modern meat processing and research while helping to attract new talent.

It is also the only building in the world to house both a Biosafety Level 2 Lab and a USDA-certified meat-processing plant. This means researchers can study dangerous pathogens on one side of the building while pursuing improved production methods elsewhere.

There were many times during the project when the team involved found itself having to devise new ways of doing things. These included tests to ascertain which of several different adhesive and bonding materials was best for the connection of wall panels to concrete-formed floors. When the building’s height was reduced, crews had to modify mechanical and utility systems to fit in a space between upper and lower floors. Because of the intricate and precise designs, building-information modeling was used to ensure there was a good fit.

In one part of the building, 17-foot-by-11.5-foot glass panels were used to separate lecture halls from demonstration areas. These were so big that they had to be installed first before the walls could be put up.

Location: 1933 Observatory Drive, Madison
Project cost: $48 million
Start date: March 1, 2017
Completion date: July 31, 2020
Nominator: JP Cullen
General Contractor: JP Cullen
Subcontractors: 4Front Engineered Solutions, 7 Hills Striping, Air Flow Architectural, ALKAR-RapidPak, All Power, Arbon Equipment, Architectural Granite & Marble, Architectural Metal Specialists, Architectural Products of Wausau, Bay Building, Best Specialties, Biro of Chicago, BK Art, Breezy Hill Nursery, Cardinal Scale Manufacturing, CGC, Chad Equipment, Chilstrom Erecting, Consolidated Sterilizers, County Materials, Creative Sign, Daigle Brothers Fabricators & Machinists a Division of Facilities Development, DJG Sales, East Moline Glass, Flux Design, Food Safety Group, G&G Industrial Flooring, Gerdau, GRAEF, Great Lakes Laundry, H&H Electric, H.J. Martin and Son, Hawkeye Steel Products, Hooper, Hughes Flooring, Hussmann Services, Janesville Brick & Tile, Jarvis Products, Johnson Terrazzo, Kavanaugh Restaurant Supply, Kerres USA, L&A Crystal, Lancer Sales USA, Life Safety, Lift, Lyco Sales, Lycon, Macco’s Commercial Interiors, MARZ and Associates, Masse’s Floor Coatings, Mead & Hunt, MidCon Products, Monona Plumbing & Fire Protection, Moz Designs, MPS North America, National Cart, Nations Roof North, North American Mechanical, Nystrom Building Products, Otis Elevator, Parisi Construction, PCI Austad, Potratz, Potter Lawson, Power Engineers, Precision Metal Fab, Progressive Recovery, Quikrete Wisconsin, Refrigeration Installation Specialists, Regency Janitorial Services, Reiser, Rockford Cement Products, Schmitz Door Service, Sciachitano Caulking, Security Builders Supply, Simply Manufacturing, Standard Wire & Steel Works, State of Wisconsin DSF, Stetson Building Products, Stevens Industries, Techline America, Terra Engineering & Construction, Therma Spray, Tri-County Paving, UltraSource, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vyron, Wall-Tech, Westphal & Company, Wisconsin Window Concepts, Wynn O. Jones & Associates, Yeti Contracting, Zander Solutions

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