The Daily Dig:
Construction is underway on the $1.7 billion Wadsworth Center Public Health Laboratory in the Greater Albany area of New York. The project is being delivered under a design-build contract led by a joint venture between Gilbane Building Company and Turner Construction Company, with HOK serving as design partner.
The five-story, 663,000 square foot facility will bring together five existing New York State Department of Health laboratory sites under one roof. The new building is designed to handle public health testing, research, and emergency response work for the state.
Project Snapshot:
Owner / Developer: New York State Department of Health
Design-Build Lead: Gilbane Building Company, Turner Construction Company (JV)
Design Partner: HOK
Sector: Public Health / Laboratory
Value / Financing: $1.7 billion
Location: Greater Albany area, New York
Timeline / Status: Construction underway
TheJobWalk Thoughts:
This is a major consolidation effort that's pulling multiple older lab operations into a modern, centralized facility. Projects like this require careful choreography between the construction team, designers, and specialty trades. Lab spaces come with serious technical demands, and getting all those complex building systems to work together seamlessly in one massive building is no small feat.
