building total area
180,000 SF
completion date
1999
total construction cost
$78,000,000
owner
Harborview Medical Center
a/e team
MBT Architects
Gaynor Engineers Mechanical Engineers
Sparling Electrical Engineers
construction team
Sellen Construction Gen. Contractor
University Mechanical Contractor
Aztech Electrical Contractor
Siemens DDC Control Contractor
project description
This building was a joint venture between Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington. The functional spaces include five laboratory floors, a vivarium floor with interstitial, a classroom/training floor, a 150-seat auditorium, and an imaging center. The building incorporates many technically complex mechanical and electrical systems to support these functional spaces. Laboratories are designed to be flexible in order to adjust to changing research requirements.
services provided
Originally sub-contracted by the Commissioning Agent (Engineering Economics Inc.) for commissioning agent services, Wilson Jones Commissioning eventually took over the Test Engineering role also. WJCx provided a commissioning plan, performed design reviews, wrote/executed functional performance tests, coordinated all mechanical and electrical testing, and actively participated in the resolution of mechanical system operational problems.
systems tested
DDC control system, high pressure (100 psig) steam system, 2 variable-speed comfort conditioning chillers (250 tons each), 5 process chillers, 1 laboratory, built-up air handling unit system (100,000 cfm), laboratory general exhaust air handling unit system, variable air volume laboratory fume exhaust system, run-around loop heat recovery system, 5 Class II B2 biosafety exhaust systems, BL-3 laboratory suite HVAC system, vivarium supply and exhaust air systems, auditorium air handling unit, 400 air terminal units, electrical vault ventilation system, Group H Occupancy space hazardous ventilation system, 15 exhaust fans, chiller room refrigerant detection and emergency purge system, 2 air curtains, 4 steam unit heaters, 6 split-system air conditioning units, 3 sump pumps, 4 laboratory steam hot water heaters, 2 domestic steam hot water heaters, plumbing fixtures, trap primer systems, reduced pressure backflow preventers, emergency showers, emergency eye washes, heat tracing systems, Edstrom animal drinking water/monitoring system, lab gas manifolds, RO/DI pure water system, clock system, door access control system, TAB verification, and HVAC systems/Fire Alarm System interfaces including fan shutdown, Fireman's Control Panel, fire/smoke dampers, and elevator and stair pressurization systems.