Medical School Facilities: Research Project Highlights

• 20,000 gross square feet converted to research support space
• Substantial completion & commissioning: Fall 2022
• Phased occupancy beginning Q1 2023 to include:
• ULAM
• Michigan Neuroscience Institute/ behavioral space (including the MBNI building)
• Germ Free (from the LSI building)

A project to install three generators providing power backup for critical research loads within the MSRB Complex is underway.

• • The project is expected to be operational in phases, through late winter 2022 and spring 2023.
  • Includes over 2 miles of conduit and natural gas piping.
  • Equivalent capability to back up power for over 500 singe family homes.

Phases

• Phase 1 which provides backup power in the MSRB buildings, is 90% complete. All three permanent generators are now in place.  
• Phase 1 substantial completion and commissioning: Early CY 2023
• Phase 2 includes (3) substations in addition to backup power generators for Med Sci 1 and Med Sci 2. Phase 2 is currently in design.
• Phase 2 to go to bid in 2023 with completion in 2025.

MSRB 1:

• 500kW Generac Generator located on the roof of Med School Dock #2
• This generator weights approximately 15,000 lbs.

MSRB 2:

• 600kW Generac Generator located on the roof of MSRB2
• This generator weights approximately 22,000 lbs.

MSRB 3:

• 600kW Generac Generator located on Grade to the west of MSRB3.
• This generator weights approximately 30,000 lbs.

The MSRB2 dock is the main delivery point servicing all research activities within MSRB 1,2 & 3, Med Sci 1 & 2, ARF, THSL and Buhl

• $1.8M project budget completed in June of 2022
• Increased from 4 bays and ~2,000 GSF to 6 bays and ~3,000 GSF  
• Improved safety features, climate and lighting controls
• Increased M-SHIP capabilities and services
• Over 2,000 parcels delivered per week
• As of December 5th, 2022 M-SHIP has shipped 2,130 hazardous packages
• Since M-SHIP has begun at the Medical School, there have been zero hazardous shipping fines incurred

* M-SHIP is a packaging and shipping service for dangerous goods/hazardous materials and dry ice packages

Benefits of Lab Renovation

• Provides flexible casework and infrastructure to support the evolving needs of a highly productive research environment
• Addresses safety and maximizes occupancy and space utilization
• Supports retention and recruiting efforts
• Convert outdated wet labs into better utilized spaces

When to Renovate a Lab

• Space has been recently vacated after being occupied for a substantial period of time
• Space has been reassigned and will require changes to the existing layout to accommodate needs
• The space is in poor condition and exists within a building that is not planned for near term, large scale renovation

Lab Renovation Scope Includes:

• Replace flooring and wall base
• Replace casework with flexible, standard casework (Fisher Scientific painted metal with Trespa tops) with ability to be re-purposed
• Reroute lab utilities to overhead panels above new casework (for flexibility)
• HVAC controls upgrade (building-dependent, ECM)
• Occupancy sensors where applicable (ECM)
• Re-lamp existing light fixtures with LED lamps (ECM)
• Replace shelving with Trespa if existing are aged or wood core
• Patch and paint
• Replace ceiling tiles as required
• Address any safety and/or compliance issues such as GFCI outlets, eyewash, or similar deficiencies
• Office/lab furniture replacement as required
• Equipment hookup and considerations as required
• Relocate desks from wet lab benches to dry space where feasible

Med Sci 1 – B/D Wing Renovation

• 55,000 gross square feet

• Renovation to address aging infrastructure and obsolete space
• Refreshes a key main entrance and creates a collaboration hub
• Converts space into a dynamic, flexible  dry research and  computational hub
• Construction will start in 2023 and will complete in 2025
• Includes solutions that support University carbon neutrality goals

20E/25/26 Occupancy

• Level 3 occupancy complete (Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute)
• Floors 1 and 2 occupancy programming underway