After 17 years of applications, funding debates and design and scope changes, the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, was delivered by McCarthy/Mortenson.
To develop its first wide-scale production testing facility, biotech company GRAIL wanted to move quickly. It called on contractor Brasfield & Gorrie to deliver the $38-million, 200,000-sq-ft project in 5.5 months.
This laboratory challenges the traditional sterile aesthetic of research facilities by combining three warehouses into a single incubator lab, augmented by a three-story addition. The complex MEP system addresses specific operational requirements for offices and labs.